Question

Samuel says tossing a coin is a compound event because there are two possible outcomes. Is he correct? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

The answer is No.

Explanation:

No, Samuel is not correct. A compound event refers to specific outcomes of multiple trials of an experiment. Even though there are two possible outcomes, if the coin is only tossed once, it is a simple event.

Answer 2

No

Explanation:

The answer is no, in fact, tossing a coin is an experiment and not a compound event. The experiment of tossing a coin can result in one of two different outcomes, i.e., when we flip a coin we can get either a head or a tail. Each of these outcomes are called simple events because they can happen only in one way. With this experiment the only compound event is the sample space S={Head, Tail}.