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Question
Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A coin is tossed and a die is thrown.
Solution
A coin has two faces: head (H) and tail (T).
A die has six faces that are numbered from 1 to 6, with one number on each face.
Thus, when a coin is tossed and a die is thrown, the sample space is given by:
S = {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6}
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