2.4 An experiment involves tossing a pair of dice, one green and one red, and recording the numbers that come up. If r equals the outcome on the green die and y the outcome on the red die, describe the sample space S (a) by listing the elements (x, y)3; (b) by using the rule method.

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2.4 An experiment involves tossing a pair of dice, one
green and one red, and recording the numbers that
come up. If r equals the outcome on the green die
and y the outcome on the red die, describe the sample
space S
(a) by listing the elements (x, y);
(b) by using the rule method.
Transcribed Image Text:2.4 An experiment involves tossing a pair of dice, one green and one red, and recording the numbers that come up. If r equals the outcome on the green die and y the outcome on the red die, describe the sample space S (a) by listing the elements (x, y); (b) by using the rule method.
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a)

Here, two fair dice are rolled.

The total number of outcomes in the sample space be n(S) = 62 = 36. That is, there will be 36 equally likely outcomes.

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