Question

List all equally likely outcomes in the sample space for the indicated experiment.

Two people, each with a well shaken box containing 3 slips of paper labeled rock, paper, and scissors, draw one slip each. Let r represent rock, p represent paper, and s represent scissors.

Answer 1

there are six possibilities, and since 6 is not such a large number you can write them all
(r,p)
(r,s)
(p,r)
(p,s)
(s,r)
(s,p)