Question

Let T be a random variable giving the number of heads plus the number of tails in three tosses of a coin. List the elements of the sample space for the three tosses of the coin and assign a value to each sample point.

Answer 1

Sample space S is all possible outcomes of three tosses of a coin.

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

Value for each sample point is 3.