Illustrating events

It is an activity that produces measurable results, called outcomes.

• EVENT

• EXPERIMENT

• SIMPLE EVENT

• COMPOUND EVENT

It is a specific or a collection of outcomes.

• EVENT

• EXPERIMENT

• SIMPLE EVENT

• COMPOUND EVENT

Which of the following is NOT an example of an event?

• Tossing a coin

• Getting a 'RED' in a spinning wheel

• Drawing an ace in a deck of cards

• Tossing the coin twice and getting at least one head

What is the sample space in the experiment, "rolling a die"?

• S = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

• S = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

How do you call the combination of two or more simple outcomes?

• EVENT

• EXPERIMENT

• SIMPLE EVENT

• COMPOUND EVENT

"Getting a number less than 1 in rolling a die" is an example of compound event.

• TRUE

• FLASE

Which of the following is an example of COMPOUND EVENT?

• spinning a yellow in a color wheel

• drawing a red card in a deck of cards

• drawing an even or prime number in a box containing balls with numbers 1-10

• selecting a card less than 10 in a deck of cards

What is the set of outcomes of the event, "getting less than 1 in rolling a die"?

• S = { }

• S = { -1 }

• S = {1, 2, 3}

• S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

What is the sample space of the experiment, "tossing a die and spinning a color wheel "RED, BLUE, YELLOW" once"?

• S = {HR, HB, HY}

• S = {HH, TT, RBY}

• S = { }

• S = {HR, HB, HY, TR, TB, TY}

A couple has three children and if it is known that their first child is a boy. What is the set of outcomes of the given event?

• S = {BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG}

• S = {BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG, GBG}

• S = {BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG, GGB, GBG, GGG}

• S = {BBB, BBG, BGB, BGG, GGG, GGB, GBG, GGG}