A student flips a fair coin 6 times. Answer the following questions: Suppose that after flipping the coin all six times the experimenter noted the number of heads. How many outcomes are there in this sample space? Suppose now that after each flip the experimenter records the result (i.e. HH or TT) of the flip. Find the number of outcomes in this sample space Suppose now that the experimenter notes the result of each flip, but she will end the experiment early if she gets two heads or two tails in a row. She will still only flip a maximum of six times, however. Which of the following outcomes are possible in this experiment? A. HT B. HTHTHT C. HHTT D. THTHH E. HTHTHTH F. TTHTT G. TTH H. THH

College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
12th Edition
ISBN:9781305652231
Author:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Chapter8: Sequences, Series, And Probability
Section8.CT: Chapter Test
Problem 24CT: Show the sample space of the experiment: toss a fair coin three times.
icon
Related questions
Topic Video
Question

A student flips a fair coin 6 times. Answer the following questions:

  1. Suppose that after flipping the coin all six times the experimenter noted the number of heads. How many outcomes are there in this sample space?
  2. Suppose now that after each flip the experimenter records the result (i.e. HH or TT) of the flip. Find the number of outcomes in this sample space
  3. Suppose now that the experimenter notes the result of each flip, but she will end the experiment early if she gets two heads or two tails in a row. She will still only flip a maximum of six times, however. Which of the following outcomes are possible in this experiment?
    A. HT
    B. HTHTHT
    C. HHTT
    D. THTHH
    E. HTHTHTH
    F. TTHTT
    G. TTH
    H. THH
Expert Solution
Step 1

Given Information:

A student flips a fair coin 6 times. Suppose that after flipping the coin all six times the experimenter noted the number of heads.

To find the total possible outcomes in the sample space.

The experimenter records the total number of heads after flipping the coin 6 times. 

0Heads, 1Head, 2Heads, 3Heads.........6Heads

So, there are 7 possible outcomes in the sample space.

 

2) Suppose now that after each flip the experimenter records the result (i.e. H or T) of the flip. 

If the experimenter records the result after each flip (H or T):

For the first slip, there are possibilities of getting two results (H or T), for the second flip, there are two possibilities (H or T), same for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth flip.

Thus, the possible outcomes in the sample space are:

26=64

 

 

 

trending now

Trending now

This is a popular solution!

steps

Step by step

Solved in 2 steps

Blurred answer
Knowledge Booster
Discrete Probability Distributions
Learn more about
Need a deep-dive on the concept behind this application? Look no further. Learn more about this topic, statistics and related others by exploring similar questions and additional content below.
Recommended textbooks for you
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
College Algebra (MindTap Course List)
Algebra
ISBN:
9781305652231
Author:
R. David Gustafson, Jeff Hughes
Publisher:
Cengage Learning