This document outlines examples of probability experiments and their possible outcomes or sample spaces. It provides examples such as tossing a coin, tossing multiple coins, rolling a die or dice, and playing cards. For each experiment, it lists the possible outcomes that make up the sample space and the total number of possible outcomes.

1. BASICS OF PROBABILITY
S.NO EXPERIMENT Possible out comes SAMPLE SPACE /
POSSIBLE OUT COMES
n(s)
1 Tossing a coin {H : Head, T: Tail } 2
2 Tossing two
coins
{HH, HT, TH, TT} 4
3 Tossing three
coins
{ HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT} 8
4 rolling a dice {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} 6
5 rolling a two
dice
{(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2,
5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4,
4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6) (6, 1),(6, 2), (6,
3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}
36
6
Playingcards
Heart 10+3
52
Club 10+3
Spade 10+3
Diamond 10+3
Dr.MURATHOTI RAJENDRA NATH BABU,
M.A(Soc),M.A(Eng), M.Sc(Maths), M.Sc(Psy), M.Ed, M.Phil,P.hD,
UGC- NET&JRF&SRF(Edu),PGDCA
Assistant Professor,
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Nagaland University(Central),
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