Question

A coin is tossed two times. The number of possible outcomes is ______.

Options

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Answer 1

A coin is tossed two times. The number of possible outcomes is 4.

Explanation:

When a coin is tossed two times the possible outcomes are

HH – Two heads

HT – First head and second tail

TH – First tail and second tail

HH – Two tails

Therefore, The sample space is {HH, HT, TH, TT} = 4

Hence, the number of possible outcomes is 4.