if a basketball player shoots three free throws, describe the SAMPLE SPACE of possible outcomes using S for a made free throw and F for a missed free throw...

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anonymous · Answer

there are 8 possibilities  all together

anonymous · Answer

two choices for each attempt, so $2^3=8$ total for all three attempts
you can list them as ordered triples like 
(s, s, s)
(s, s, f)
(s, f, s)
(f, s, s)
etc

anonymous · Answer

but can i have repeted options? like ssf and fss?

anonymous · Answer

*repeated

anonymous · Answer

yes

anonymous · Answer

that is what it means for a complete sample space, ALL possible outcomes

anonymous · Answer

those aren't actually repeats, as getting a success on the first two and missing the last, is different then missing the first and getting success on the second two

the probabilities of each of them are the same, and each contains two successes and one failure, but they are different outcomes.