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A random experiment has sample space S = {a, b, c, d}. Suppose that P({c, d})...

A random experiment has sample space S = {a, b, c, d}. Suppose that P({c, d}) = 3/8, P({b, c}) = 6/8, and P({d}) = 1/8. Use the axioms of probability to find the probabilities of the elementary events.

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