Consider the following experiment with a biased coin. The probability of heads is p and tails 1 – p with 0 < p < 1. The outcome of this experiment we are interested in is the number of tosses it takes until a heads occurs for the second time. What is the sample space? O {H,T} O All integers greater than or equal to 2. O All integers greater than or equal to 1. о {НН,ТНН, НTH, HTTH,THTH,TTHH, HТТТН, THTTН, ТТHTH, TTТНH}

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Consider the following experiment with a biased coin. The probability of heads is p and tails 1 – p
with 0 < p < 1. The outcome of this experiment we are interested in is the number of tosses it
takes until a heads occurs for the second time.
What is the sample space?
{H,T}
O All integers greater than or equal to 2.
O All integers greater than or equal to 1.
Ο H, ΤΗΗ, HTH, HTTH, TΗΤΗ, ΤΤH, HTTTΗ, ΤΗTΤΗ, ΤTHΤΗ, TΤTHH
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the following experiment with a biased coin. The probability of heads is p and tails 1 – p with 0 < p < 1. The outcome of this experiment we are interested in is the number of tosses it takes until a heads occurs for the second time. What is the sample space? {H,T} O All integers greater than or equal to 2. O All integers greater than or equal to 1. Ο H, ΤΗΗ, HTH, HTTH, TΗΤΗ, ΤΤH, HTTTΗ, ΤΗTΤΗ, ΤTHΤΗ, TΤTHH
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