You flip five coins and tally up the number of heads and tails. (You do not record the individu coin tosses.) a.) Describe the elements of the sample space in this experiment. (There should be 6.) b.) Let A be the event "a majority of the coins landed heads". List the elements of A. c.) Give an example of an event B in this experiment which is disjoint from A.

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You flip five coins and tally up the number of heads and tails. (You do not record the individual
coin tosses.)
a.)
Describe the elements of the sample space in this experiment. (There should be 6.)
b.) Let A be the event "a majority of the coins landed heads". List the elements of A.
c.) Give an example of an event B in this experiment which is disjoint from A.
Transcribed Image Text:You flip five coins and tally up the number of heads and tails. (You do not record the individual coin tosses.) a.) Describe the elements of the sample space in this experiment. (There should be 6.) b.) Let A be the event "a majority of the coins landed heads". List the elements of A. c.) Give an example of an event B in this experiment which is disjoint from A.
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