Question

If a coin is flipped and then a twenty-part spinner is spun, how many possible outcomes are in the sample space for the compound event?

400
80
20
40

Answer 1

40

Explanation:

Answer 2

There are 40 outcomes in the sample space for the compound event.

Explanation:

The total number of possible outcomes is equal to the product between the number of outcomes for each event.

The coin has 2 possible outcomes.

A twenty-part spinner has 20 possible outcomes (we assume that each part of the spinner corresponds to a unique outcome).

Then the total number of outcomes in the compound event is:

C = 2*20 = 40

There are 40 outcomes in the sample space for the compound event.