Question

A coin is tossed. If it shows a tail, we draw a ball from a box which contains 2 red and 3 black balls. If it shows head, we throw a die. Find the sample space for this experiment.

Answer 1

The box contains 2 red balls and 3 black balls. Let us denote the 2 red balls as R₁, R₂ and the 3 black balls as B₁, B₂, and B₃.

The sample space of this experiment is given by

S = {TR₁, TR₂, TB₁, TB₂, TB₃, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6}