Question

Select the correct answer. A coin is tossed 5 times in a row. What is the size of the sample space of this experiment? A. 5 B. 7 C. 10 D. 32

Answer 1

I did the calculations and I also got 32.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

32

Explanation:

Number of times a coin is tossed up = 5

Number of possible outcomes in a toss of a coin = 2 ( Head or a Tail)

The sample space can be calculated by calculating total number of possible outcomes in 5 tosses of the coin.

Number of outcomes in 1 toss of a coin = 2

Number of outcomes in 2 tosses of a coin = 2 × 2

Number of outcomes in 3 tosses of a coin = 2 × 2 × 2

Number of outcomes in 4 tosses of a coin = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2

Number of outcomes in 5 tosses of a coin = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2

⇒ Total number of outcomes = 32

Therefore, Size of the sample space = 32