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Q.Three coins are tossed once. Let A denote the event "three head show", B denote the event "two heads and one tail show", C denote the event "three tails show" and D denote the event "a head shows on the first coin". Which event are

(i) simple
(ii) compound?
Nagaland NbseNagaland Board of School Education (Class XI) 2021Subjective· 4mImportance★★★★★
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List all 8 equally likely outcomes of tossing 3 coins, identify which outcomes belong to each named event, then classify each event as simple (1 outcome) or compound (more than 1 outcome).

The sample space for tossing three coins is:

S={HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT}S = \{HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT\}

which has 23=82^3=8 equally likely outcomes.

Now identify each event:

  • A = "three heads show" ={HHH}= \{HHH\} — 1 outcome
  • B = "two heads and one tail show" ={HHT,HTH,THH}= \{HHT, HTH, THH\} — 3 outcomes
  • C = "three tails show" ={TTT}= \{TTT\} — 1 outcome
  • D = "a head shows on the first coin" ={HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT}= \{HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT\} — 4 outcomes …

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