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Question
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.
Solution
A dice has six faces that are numbered from 1 to 6, with one number on each face.
Here, 2, 4 and 6 are even numbers, while 1, 3 and 5 are odd numbers.
A coin has two faces: a head (H) and a tail (T).
Hence, the sample space of this experiment is given by
S = { (2, H), (2, T), (4, H), (4, T), (6, H), (6, T), (1, HH), (1, HT), (1,TH), (1, TT), (3, HH), (3, HT), (3, TH), (3, TT),
(5, HH), (5, HT), (5, TH), (5, TT) }
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