Question

Consider the compound experiment. flip a coin then roll a number cube.

a. find the sample space for this compound expiriment. make an organized list
b. how many outcomes are possible

Answer 1

a. Sample space: {H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6}
- H represents heads
- T represents tails
- Numbers represent the outcome of rolling a number cube

b. There are 12 possible outcomes in the sample space for this compound experiment.