Seven percent of the potential customers visiting Gadget.com's website make at least one purchase: 4% purchase item A, 5% purchase item B, and 2% percent purchase both.If you define "number of items purchased by a website visitor" as a random variable, the possible values for the random variable are, in ascending order,
A)1,2,3
B)2,4,5
C)0,1,2
D)1,1,1
E)3,2,1

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The random variable "number of items purchased by a website visitor" can take on the values 0 (no purchase), 1 (purchase of either item A or B but not both), or 2 (purchase of both items A and B). This accounts for all possible outcomes given the percentages provided.

Seven Percent of the Potential Customers Visiting Gadget