Question

Question 4 Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A coin is tossed and a die is thrown.

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Answer 1

A coin is tossed and a die is thrown.
Let H and T denote the head and tail respectively. there are 6 faces in a die .so, a number from 1 to 6 may occur .

total number of sample space = 2 × 6 = 12
S = { H1, H2, H3, H4 , H5 , H6 , T1 , T2 , T3 , T4 , T5 , T6 }