Probability

What do you call the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment?

• Event

• Experiment

• Outcome

• Sample Space

It is a subset of a sample space.

• Event

• Intersection of events

• Union

• Sample

In tossing three coins, which of the following is the sample space?

• S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}

• S = {HHH, HTH, TTT, THT}

• S = {HHH, HTH, TTT, HHT, HTT, TTT, TTH, HTT}

• S= {HHH, HHT, TTT, THH}

When you roll a die, which of the following is the sample space?

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6}

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

• S = {2, 4, 6}

• S = {3, 4, 5, 6}

What is the sample space for choosing a prime number less than 12?

• S={1,2,3,4,5,7,9,11}

• S={1,2,3,4,5,7,11}

• S={2,3,5,7,9,11}

• S={2,3,5,7,11}

Drawing a ball randomly from a box containing 3 red balls, 4 white balls and 2 blue balls, which of the following is the sample space?

• S= {RWB, RW, RB, WB, RW}

• S= {R, R, R, R, W, W W, B, B, B}

• S= {R, W, B, R, W, B, W, R, B}

• S= {R, R, R, W, W, W, W, B, B}

What is the sample space for choosing one ball at random from a box with 3 white, 4 green, and 6 yellow balls?

• {W, W, W, G, G, G, G, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y}

• {3, white, 4 green, 6 yellow}

• {3, 4, 6}

• {white, green, yellow}

Which of the following is NOT a simple event?

• tossing a head with a coin

• rolling an even number on fair die

• rolling a 3 on a fair die

• getting a king of heart from a decks of cards

Which of the following illustrates a simple event?

• getting an even number less than 5 when rolling a die

• drawing a red ace from a deck of cards

• drawing an ace of hearts from a deck of cards

• tossing three coins and getting at least two heads 

Which of the following is a simple event?

• the event of rolling a 5 on a die

• the event of rolling an odd number less than 5 on a die 2

• the event of drawing a red king from a deck of hearts 3

• the event of rolling an even number on a die, then tossing a tail on a coin