Question

Leslie has a box of markers. There are 3 black,

4 red, 2 blue, 1 brown, 2 purple, 2 yellow and 5
green markers. Create a sample space of possible
outcomes for choosing a marker. Is this a simple or compound event?

Answer 1

Sample space: {Black, Red, Blue, Brown, Purple, Yellow, Green}

Simple event

Explanation:

Sample space is a list of all the possible outcomes.

This is a simple event because you are only doing one event, such as choosing marbles from a bag.

A compound event would be multiple simple events, such as flipping a coin and rolling a dice.