All possible outcOmes 2
25.4 Important:
1. In tossing a coin once :
The total possible outcomes are : head (H) and tail (T).
And, the number of these possible outcomes = 2 =2
2. In tosing a coin twotimes or in tossing of two coins simultaneously :
The total number of possible outcomes = 2 = 4
And, the possible outcomes are :
(i) Head on the first coin and head on the second i.e. HH,
(ii) Head on the first coin and tail on the second i.e. HT,
(iii) Tail on the first coin and head on the second i.e. TH and
(iv) Tail on the first coin and tail on the second i.e. TT.
In other words; the total possible outcomes are : HH, HT, TH and TT.
Tossing of two coins simultaneously or tossing one coin twice, gives the same
outcomes. Similarly, tossing of three coins simultaneously or tossing one coin three
times gives the same outcomes.
3. In tossing a coin three times or in tossing three coins simultaneously :
The total number of possible outcomes = 2 = 8
And the possible outcomes are: HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH and TTT.
In general, if acoin istosed n times or ncoins are tossed simultaneously, the
number of all possible outcomes = 2".
In the same way :
4. In throwing (rolling) a dice once :
The total possible outcomes are : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
And the number of these outcomes = 6' = 6.
5. In rolling (throwing) two dice simultaneously or one dice two times
The total number of outcomes is =6 =6 x 6 = 36
And the possible outcomes are :
(1, 1), (1, 2). (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6).
(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6),
(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6),
(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6),
(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6),
(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5) and (6, 6).
