Chapter 13: Q. 14 (page 865)

In Problems 11–16, construct a probability model for each experiment.
Tossing a fair coin, a fair die, and then a fair coin.

Short Answer

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The list of possible outcomes:

$S = {H 1 H, H 2 H, H 3 H, H 4 H, H 5 H, H 6 H, H 1 T, H 2 T, H 3 T, H 4 T, H 5 T, H 6 T, T 1 H, T 2 H, T 3 H, T 4 H, T 5 H, T 6 H, T 1 T, T 2 T, T 3 T, T 4 T, T 5 T, T 6 T}$

The probability of each outcome will be $\frac{1}{24}$ .

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given information.

Construct a probability model for experiment: Tossing a fair coin, a fair die, and then a fair coin.

Step 2. Construct probability model.

Considering the following outcomes for a coins, a die and another coin:

First coin - A head (H) or a tail (T), A die - 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 and Second coin - A head (H) or A tail (T).

$S = {H 1 H, H 2 H, H 3 H, H 4 H, H 5 H, H 6 H, H 1 T, H 2 T, H 3 T, H 4 T, H 5 T, H 6 T, T 1 H, T 2 H, T 3 H, T 4 H, T 5 H, T 6 H, T 1 T, T 2 T, T 3 T, T 4 T, T 5 T, T 6 T}$

The probability of each outcome will be $\frac{1}{24}$ since each of them appeared once in the sample space with 24 total outcomes. If we will add them together, it will be equal to 1.

Step 3. Conclusion.

The list of possible outcomes:

$S = {H 1 H, H 2 H, H 3 H, H 4 H, H 5 H, H 6 H, H 1 T, H 2 T, H 3 T, H 4 T, H 5 T, H 6 T, T 1 H, T 2 H, T 3 H, T 4 H, T 5 H, T 6 H, T 1 T, T 2 T, T 3 T, T 4 T, T 5 T, T 6 T}$

The probability of each outcome will be $\frac{1}{24}$ .

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In Problems 11–16, construct a probability model for each experiment.
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Step 3. Conclusion.

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In Problems 11–16, construct a probability model for each experiment.Tossing a fair coin, a fair die, and then a fair coin.

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Step by step solution

Step 1. Given information.

Step 2. Construct probability model.

Step 3. Conclusion.

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In Problems 11–16, construct a probability model for each experiment.
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