P Pluto New member Joined Nov 17, 2020 Messages 1 Nov 17, 2020 #1 So say I have a sample space made by throwing a die and a coin together S = {(H1),(H2),(H3),(H4),(H5),(H6),(T1),(T2),(T3),(T4),(T5),(T6),(T7)} Is the die giving a value "2" an elementary event? Please explain to me why.
So say I have a sample space made by throwing a die and a coin together S = {(H1),(H2),(H3),(H4),(H5),(H6),(T1),(T2),(T3),(T4),(T5),(T6),(T7)} Is the die giving a value "2" an elementary event? Please explain to me why.
Dr.Peterson Elite Member Joined Nov 12, 2017 Messages 16,869 Nov 18, 2020 #2 Pluto said: So say I have a sample space made by throwing a die and a coin together S = {(H1),(H2),(H3),(H4),(H5),(H6),(T1),(T2),(T3),(T4),(T5),(T6),(T7)} Is the die giving a value "2" an elementary event? Please explain to me why. Click to expand... I don't think you meant to include (T7)! Please quote your textbook's definition of "elementary event", and tell us what you think the answer might be, based on that. If there is no definition there, try Wikipedia (though often that gets into things too deeply for beginners!).
Pluto said: So say I have a sample space made by throwing a die and a coin together S = {(H1),(H2),(H3),(H4),(H5),(H6),(T1),(T2),(T3),(T4),(T5),(T6),(T7)} Is the die giving a value "2" an elementary event? Please explain to me why. Click to expand... I don't think you meant to include (T7)! Please quote your textbook's definition of "elementary event", and tell us what you think the answer might be, based on that. If there is no definition there, try Wikipedia (though often that gets into things too deeply for beginners!).