HEREDITY
BASICS OF PROBABILITY
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Question
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In the experiment of rolling a single die, what does event P consist if the outcomes must be even numbers?
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P={2, 4, 5}
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P={2, 4, 6}
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P={1, 3, 5}
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P={1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The two experiments together tossing a coin then rolling a dice have 2 x 6 = 12 possible outcomes.
Detailed explanation-2: -When a die is rolled, then the six possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Detailed explanation-3: -A simple event is one that can only happen in one way-in other words, it has a single outcome. If we consider our previous example of tossing a coin: we get one outcome that is a head or a tail.
Detailed explanation-4: -The possible outcomes are-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.
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