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Q.Two fair dice are thrown. State the sample space and write the favorable outcomes for the following events. a) AA: Sum of numbers on two dice is divisible by 3 or 4. b) BB: Sum of numbers on two dice is 7. c) CC: Odd number on the first die. d) DD: Even number on the first die. e) Check whether events AA and BB are mutually exclusive and exhaustive. f) Check whether events CC and DD are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

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S={(x,y):x,y∈{1,…,6}}S=\{(x,y): x,y\in\{1,\ldots,6\}\}, n(S)=36n(S)=36.

a) Sum divisible by 3 (sums 3,6,9,12) or by 4 (sums 4,8,12): the div-by-3 outcomes number 12, the div-by-4 outcomes number 9, and they overlap only at sum 12 (the single outcome (6,6)(6,6)), so by the addition-theorem count, n(A)=12+9−1=20n(A)=12+9-1=20.

b) Sum =7=7: outcomes (1,6),(2,5),(3,4),(4,3),(5,2),(6,1)(1,6),(2,5),(3,4),(4,3),(5,2),(6,1), so n(B)=6n(B)=6.

c) Odd number on first die (1,3,5), second die any value: n(C)=3×6=18n(C)=3\times6=18.

d) Even number on first die (2,4,6), second die any value: n(D)=3×6=18n(D)=3\times6=18.

e) A sum of 7 is never divisible by 3 or 4, so A∩B=ϕA\cap B=\phi: A and B are mutually exclusive. But n(A)+n(B)=20+6=26≠36n(A)+n(B)=20+6=26\ne36, so A∪B≠SA\cup B\ne S: NOT exhaustive. …

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