Question:
(i) A coin is tossed. What are all possible outcomes?
(ii) Two coins are tossed simultaneously. What are all possible outcomes?
(iii) A die is thrown. What are all possible outcomes?
(iv) From a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards, one card is drawn at random. What is the number of all possible outcomes?
Solution:
(i) The possible outcomes are head (H) and tail (T).
(ii) The possible outcomes are HH, HT, TH and TT.
(iii) The possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
(iv) The total number of possible outcomes is 52.