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Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A die is thrown two times.
Solution
When a die is thrown, the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
When a die is thrown two times, the sample space is given by S = {(x, y): x, y = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
The number of elements in this sample space is 6 × 6 = 36, while the sample space is given by:
S = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}
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