Sample Space              

                     Lesson 1

Problem:    Sam went to a cloth shop and there he will have to choose an outfit

from a red shirt, a green shirt, a black pant. Determine the sample spaces.

Solution      There are two possibilities to select one outfit from these choices.

Step 1:

Solution      So there will be 2 outcomes in the sample space:

                                                            Step 2:         

Solution      {Red shirt- black pant, green shirt-black pant}

Step 3:

                                                            Solution       Answer: 2

Step 4:

Complete

                                                            Try two practice problems:

Determine:

A.   Ron tossed 2 dimes and altogether rolled a dice. Determine the sample spaces.

B.   A jar contains 11 red and 6 blue balls. A ball is drawn from the jar.

What is the sample space?

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