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      <text>35.2.1.4 Everyday sample spaces</text>
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<p> For the following list of experiments, list (if possible) a suitable sample space. If you cannot write out a suitable sample space, describe one in words. </p>
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<li> Test a light switch </li>
<li> Count the daily traffic accidents in Loughborough involving cyclists </li>
<li> Measure the tensile strength of small gauge steel wire </li>
<li> Test the maximum current carrying capacity of household mains cabling </li>
<li> Test the number of on-off switchings that a new type of fluorescent tube will cope with before failure </li>
<li> Pressure test an underwater TV camera. </li>
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<p> Sample spaces might be </p>
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<li> \(\{\)works, fails\(\}\) </li>
<li> \(\{0,1, 2, 3, \dots \}\), hopefully a small upper limit! </li>
<li>\(\{\) Positive continuous range \((0, \infty)\)\(\}\) or \(\{\)Suitable bounded continuous interval depending on the wire or measuring device\(\}\) </li>
<li> \(\{\) Positive continuous range \((0, \infty)\)\(\}\) or \(\{\)Suitable bounded&nbsp;continuous range depending on the type of cable\(\}\) </li>
<li> \(\{0,1, 2, 3, \dots\}\), hopefully a high upper limit! </li>
<li> \(\{\) Positive continuous range \((0, \infty)\)\(\}\) or \(\{\)Suitable bounded continuous interval\(\}\) </li>
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