Two friends at a restaurant each order a fruit drink. The available flavors are strawberry left parenthesis Upper S right parenthesis comma mango left parenthesis Upper M right parenthesis comma or kiwi left parenthesis Upper K right parenthesis . Write an organized list using the format left parenthesis Friend 1 comma Friend 2 right parenthesis to represent the sample space of the​ friends' fruit drinks.

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Part 1
Which list below represents the sample​ space?
A.
​(Upper S​,Upper M​)
​(Upper S​,Upper K​)
​(Upper M​,Upper S​)
​(Upper M​,Upper K​)
​(Upper K​,Upper S​)
​(Upper K​,Upper M​)
B.
​(Upper S​,Upper M​,Upper K​)
​(Upper S​,Upper K​,Upper M​)
​(Upper S​,Upper S​,Upper S​)
​(Upper M​,Upper S​,Upper K​)
​(Upper M​,Upper K​,Upper S​)
​(Upper M​,Upper M​,Upper M​)
​(Upper K​,Upper S​,Upper M​)
​(Upper K​,Upper M​,Upper S​)
​(Upper K​,Upper K​,Upper K​)
C.
​(Upper S​,Upper S​)
​(Upper S​,Upper M​)
​(Upper S​,Upper K​)
​(Upper M​,Upper S​)
​(Upper M​,Upper M​)
​(Upper M​,Upper K​)
​(Upper K​,Upper S​)
​(Upper K​,Upper M​)
​(Upper K​,Upper K​)
D.
​(Upper S​,Upper M​,Upper K​)
​(Upper S​,Upper K​,Upper M​)
​(Upper M​,Upper S​,Upper K​)
​(Upper M​,Upper K​,Upper S​)
​(Upper K​,Upper S​,Upper M​)
​(Upper K​,Upper M​,Upper S​)
Which list below represents the sample space?
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To determine the sample space of the friends' fruit drinks, we need to consider all possible combinations of drink choices each friend can make. Each friend can choose from 3 flavors: strawberry (S), mango (M), or kiwi (K). Therefore, we can create pairs to represent the selections.

The possible combinations (where the order matters, meaning (Friend 1, Friend 2) is different from (Friend 2, Friend 1)) are:

  1. (S, S)
  2. (S, M)
  3. (S, K)
  4. (M, S)
  5. (M, M)
  6. (M, K)
  7. (K, S)
  8. (K, M)
  9. (K, K)

Now, looking at the options given in the choices, we want to find the one that matches this list:

Choice C is:

  • (S, S)
  • (S, M)
  • (S, K)
  • (M, S)
  • (M, M)
  • (M, K)
  • (K, S)
  • (K, M)
  • (K, K)

This aligns perfectly with our derived sample space.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Choice C.