Absolute value of -6
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Between the probability of union and intersection, it's not clear what you're supposed to compute. (I would guess it's the probability of union.) But we do know that
For parts (a) and (b), you're given everything you need to determine
.
For part (c), if
and 
are mutually exclusive, then 
, so 
. If the given probability is 
, then you can find 
. But if this given probability is for the intersection, finding is impossible.
For part (d), if and are independent, then 
.
For parts (a) and (b), you're given everything you need to determine
For part (c), if
For part (d), if
If the roots to such a polynomial are 2 and 
, then we can write it as
courtesy of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Now expanding yields
which would be the correct answer, but clearly this option is not listed. Which is silly, because none of the offered solutions are *the* polynomial of lowest degree and leading coefficient 1.
So this makes me think you're expected to increase the multiplicity of one of the given roots, or you're expected to pull another root out of thin air. Judging by the choices, I think it's the latter, and that you're somehow supposed to know to use
as a root. In this case, that would make our polynomial
so that the answer is (probably) the third choice.
Whoever originally wrote this question should reevaluate their word choice...
courtesy of the fundamental theorem of algebra. Now expanding yields
which would be the correct answer, but clearly this option is not listed. Which is silly, because none of the offered solutions are *the* polynomial of lowest degree and leading coefficient 1.
So this makes me think you're expected to increase the multiplicity of one of the given roots, or you're expected to pull another root out of thin air. Judging by the choices, I think it's the latter, and that you're somehow supposed to know to use
so that the answer is (probably) the third choice.
Whoever originally wrote this question should reevaluate their word choice...