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In summary, the conversation discusses the possible outcomes for three successive vehicles taking a particular freeway exit. The event A includes all three vehicles going in the same direction, event B includes all three vehicles taking different directions, event C includes exactly two vehicles turning right, event D includes exactly two vehicles turning the same direction, and event D' includes all possible outcomes. The conversation also mentions the multinomial distribution, which can be found in more detail on Wikipedia.
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Homework Statement



Supppose that vechiles taking a particular free way exit can turn right (r), left (l), or go straight (s). Consider observing the direction for each of three sucessive vechiles.

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So there is a total of 3^3 = 27 possiblities right.

a. list all outcomes in the event A that all three vechiles go in the same direction:
A = {rrr,lll,sss}

b. List all outcomes in the event B that all three vechiles take different directions:
B = {rls,rsl,srl,slr,lsr,lrs}

c. List all outcomes in event C that exactly tow of the three vchiles turn right.

C = {rrs,rrl,rsr,rlr,srr,lrr}

d. List all outcomes in the event D that exactly two vechiles turn the same directoin:
D = {rrs,rrl,rsr,rlr,srr,lrr,
lls, llr, lsl, lrl, sll, rll, ssl, ssr, sls, srs, lss, rss };

e. List all D';
D' = {rrr,lll,sss,rls, rsl, srl, slr, lsr, lrs, rrs, rrl, rsr, rlr, srr, lrr}
C U D = { rrs, rrl, rsr, rlr, srr, lrr, lls, llr, lsl, lrl , sll, rll, ssl, ssr, sls, srs, lss, rss};
C intersect D = { rrs, rrl, rsr, rlr, srr, lrr};To be a set, you can't have duplications right? so C U D, because C is a subset of D, that means I wouldn't rewrite the elements if D already has them correct? Like in C U D, I only wrote D.
Thanks.
 
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