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A Coin is Tossed Repeatedly Until a Tail Comes up for the First Time. Write the Sample Space for this Experiment. - Mathematics

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Question

A coin is tossed repeatedly until a tail comes up for the first time. Write the sample space for this experiment.

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Solution

In this experiment, a tail (T) may come up on the first throw, the second throw, the third throw and so on, until T is obtained.
This process continues indefinitely.
Hence, the sample space of this experiment is given by
S = {T, HT, HHT, HHHT, HHHHT, HHHHHT, ...} 

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Chapter 33: Probability - Exercise 33.1 [Page 7]

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RD Sharma Mathematics [English] Class 11
Chapter 33 Probability
Exercise 33.1 | Q 12 | Page 7
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