Answer to Question #303088 in Statistics and Probability for MARY

Question

Independent Assessment 2

Four coins are toss. Let Y be the random variable representing the number of

tails that occur. Find the values of the random variable Y.

Possible Outcomes

Value of Random Variable Y

(number of tails)

Answer 1

Possible Outcomes: {HHH, HHHT, HHTH, HTHH, THHH, HHTT, HTHT, HTTH, TTHH, THHT, THTH,

HTTT, THTT, TTHT, TTTH, TTTT}

Value of Random Variable Y: Y=0, Y=1, Y=2, Y=3, Y=4.