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Three coins are tossed. Describe two events which are mutually exclusive. - Mathematics

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Three coins are tossed. Describe two events which are mutually exclusive.

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Solution

When three coins are tossed, the sample space is given by

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

Two events that are mutually exclusive can be

A: getting no heads and B: getting no tails

This is because sets A = {TTT} and B = {HHH} are disjoint.

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Chapter 16: Probability - Exercise 16.2 [Page 393]

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NCERT Mathematics [English] Class 11
Chapter 16 Probability
Exercise 16.2 | Q 5.1 | Page 393
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