An experiment consists of rolling a die and then tossing a coin once if the number on the die is even. If the number on the die is odd, the coin is tossed twice. Write the sample space for this experiment.

Asked by Abhisek | 1 year ago |  99

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Solution :-

Since either coin can turn up Head (H) or Tail (T), are the possible outcomes.

Let us assume that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are the possible outcomes when the die is thrown.

The following problem can be divided in two cases

(i) The number on the die is even.

The sample space SE={(2,H),(4,H),(6,H),(2,T),(4,T),(6,T)}

(ii) The number on the die is odd and the coin is tossed twice.

The sample space

S= {(1,H,H), (3,H,H), (5,H,H), (1,H,T), (3,H,T), (5,H,T), (1,T,H), (3,T,H), (5,T,H), (1,T,T), (3,T,T), (5,T,T)}

Hence, the overall sample space for the problem= S+ So

S = {(2,H), (4,H), (6,H), (2,T), (4,T), (6,T), (1,H,H), (3,H,H), (5,H,H), (1,H,T), (3,H,T), (5,H,T), (1,T,H), (3,T,H), (5,T,H), (1,T,T), (3,T,T), (5,T,T)}

Answered by Pragya Singh | 1 year ago

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