A person shoots ten consecutive free throws and records only the total number of successes as the outcome of the experiment. How many different outcomes are there in the sample space?

A: 5
B: 10^2
C: 2^10
D: 11
E: none of these

Question

A person shoots ten consecutive free throws and records only the total number of successes as the outcome of the experiment. How many different outcomes are there in the sample space?

A: 5
B: 10^2
C: 2^10
D: 11
E: none of these

anonymous · Answer

Is it c?

shubhamsrg · Answer

I'll also say c)

anonymous · Answer

me too

anonymous · Answer

although...

anonymous · Answer

if he really records only then number of successes, then there are 11

anonymous · Answer

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

shubhamsrg · Answer

that is the number of successes .
The successes can also be arranged right?
like for 2 successes, it can be FSFSFFFFFF or FFSSFFFFFF etc. ?

anonymous · Answer

it is not a "sample space" in the sense that it is the set of all equally likely outcomes when the experiment is performed, but it is a sample space if the only thing recorded is the number of successes

anonymous · Answer

A person shoots ten consecutive free throws and $\text{records only the total number of successes as the outcome}$ 
of the experiment

shubhamsrg · Answer

ohhh..
my bad..'
yep, you are right!!

emetuo89 · Answer

A person shoots ten consecutive free throws and records only the total number of successes as the outcome of the experiment. How many different outcomes are there in the sample space?

emetuo89 · Answer

what do you think guys?