Suppose you throw a fair die and flip a fair coin.  Let’s represent the outcomes of 3 on the die and heads on the coin by 3H. One outcome is clearly 3H.  What are the other outcomes in the sample space?    Are all outcomes in the sample space equally likely?  Explain.     What is the probability of getting heads and number at most 3?

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Suppose you throw a fair die and flip a fair coin.  Let’s represent the outcomes of 3 on the die and heads on the coin by 3H.

  1. One outcome is clearly 3H.  What are the other outcomes in the sample space?

 

 Are all outcomes in the sample space equally likely?  Explain.

 

  What is the probability of getting heads and number at most 3?

Suppose you throw a fair die and flip a fair coin.  Let’s represent the outcomes of 3 on the die and heads on the coin by 3H.

  1. One outcome is clearly 3H.  What are the other outcomes in the sample space?

 

 Are all outcomes in the sample space equally likely?  Explain.

 

  What is the probability of getting heads and number at most 3?

 

Suppose you throw a fair die and flip a fair coin.  Let’s represent the outcomes of 3 on the die and heads on the coin by 3H.

  1. One outcome is clearly 3H.  What are the other outcomes in the sample space?

 

 Are all outcomes in the sample space equally likely?  Explain.

 

  What is the probability of getting heads and number at most 3?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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