Three coins are tossed. Describe Three events which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

Vedclass pdf generator app on play store
Vedclass iOS app on app store

When three coins are tossed, the sample space is given by

$S =\{ HHH , \,HHT , \,HTH ,\, HTT , \,THH , \,THT , \,TTH , \,TTT \}$

Three events that are mutually exclusive and exhaustive can be

$A:$ getting no heads

$B:$ getting exactly one head

$C:$ getting at least two heads

i.e. $A=\{T T T\}$

$B =\{ HTT , \, THT, \,TTH \}$

$C =\{ HHH , \,HHT ,\, HTH , \,THH \}$

This is because $A \cap B=B \cap C$ $=C \cap A=\phi$ and $A \cup B \cup C=S$

Similar Questions

Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A coin is tossed four times.

A bag contains $5$ white, $7$ red and $8$ black balls. If four balls are drawn one by one without replacement, what is the probability that all are white

If in a lottary there are $5$ prizes and $20$ blanks, then the probability of getting a prize is

A coin is tossed. If it shows a tail, we draw a ball from a box which contains $2$ red and $3$  black balls. If it shows head, we throw a die. Find the sample space for this experiment.

Two fair dice are tossed. Let $A$ be the event that the first die shows an even number and $B$ be the event that the second die shows an odd number. The two event $A$ and $B$ are

  • [IIT 1979]