Question

Make a chart on showing the total outcome of cards , a dice, a coin and 2 coin.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Coins, dice and cards

In the probability part of the course, I have based many of my examples on various real world objects. It struck me, as a result of a question from a student, that it might be helpful to some of you if I were to explain these, and that is the purpose of this page.

Coins

When you toss a coin, you flip it up into the air in such a way that it is spinning rapidly while in flight. You then catch it and place it on the back of your hand. Being disc-shaped, it can have one of two faces uppermost. Conventionally, the two sides are known as "heads" (the portrait of the Queen) and "tails" (the other side). When we use coin tossing in probability examples, we make the assumption that heads and tails are equally likely, that is,

P(heads) = P(tails) = 1/2.

Dice

N.B. DIE is singular ("one die") and DICE is plural ("twelve dice").

A die is a solid cube, and so has six faces. The faces are marked with the numbers 1 to 6 (1 being opposite 6, 2 being opposite 5 and 3 being opposite 4). When the die is thrown on to a flat surface, it rolls and eventually comes to a stop. The number on the uppermost face is taken to be the result --- a random number between 1 and 6 inclusive. We generally assume that

P(1) = P(2) = P(3) = P(4) = P(5) = P(5) = 1/6.