Answer:
The sample space for selecting the group to test contains <u>2,300</u> elementary events.
Step-by-step explanation:
There are a total of <em>N</em> = 25 aluminum castings.
Of these 25 aluminum castings, <em>n</em>₁ = 4 castings are defective (D) and <em>n</em>₂ = 21 are good (G).
It is provided that a quality control inspector randomly selects three of the twenty-five castings without replacement to test.
In mathematics, the procedure to select k items from n distinct items, without replacement, is known as combinations.
The formula to compute the combinations of k items from n is given by the formula:

Compute the number of samples that are possible as follows:


The sample space for selecting the group to test contains <u>2,300</u> elementary events.
Answer: 30.048
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Looking at the question, we can see we have 5 different numbers that can go in any order.
<u>5</u> * <u>4</u> * <u>3</u>
The above is basically saying there are 5 different numbers that can be multiplied by 4 other numbers. Those 2 can be multiplied by 3 different ones, leaving us with a 3 digit positive integer.
5 * 4* 3 = 60