Question

Determine the sample space for the experiment.
Five coins are flipped and the number of heads observed is recorded.
A.

S = {1¸ 2¸ 3¸ 4¸ 5}

B.

S = {5}

C.

S = {0¸ 1¸ 2¸ 3¸ 4¸ 5}

D.

S = {HT¸ TH}

E.

S = {HHHHH}

Answer 1

tricky ... we want to count the number of heads, we can eliminate the last two since these are not numbers .... what is your guess?

Answer 2

A, B or c?

Answer 3

i think maybe c. because its possible the coin did not land on heads at all. so the zero would be included

Answer 4

nice!

Answer 5

thank you :)

Answer 6

c

Answer 7

If you flip 5 coins you have these outcomes for the number of heads:
TTTTT = 0 heads
HTTTT = 1 head
HHTTT = 2 heads
HHHTT = 3 heads
HHHHT = 4 heads
HHHHH = 5 heads
So if you record the number of heads, you could record 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and that is your sample space.