You roll an ordinary six-side die once and then you toss a coin. Which of the following pairs of events partitions the sample space? Select one: a. “roll odd number and toss Head”, “roll even number or toss Tail” b. “roll odd number and toss Head”, “roll even number and toss Tail” c. “toss Head or toss Tail”, “roll even number

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You roll an ordinary six-side die once and then you toss a coin. Which of the following pairs of events partitions the sample space?

Select one:
a.

“roll odd number and toss Head”, “roll even number or toss Tail”

b.

“roll odd number and toss Head”, “roll even number and toss Tail”

c.

“toss Head or toss Tail”, “roll even number or roll odd number”

d.

None of the other choices

e.

“roll odd number or toss Head”, “roll even number or toss Tail”

Our answersheet says the answer is A, but why not B????

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