document.write( "Question 1125123: A coin is tossed three times. Define an appropriate sample space for the following cases:
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document.write( "i.  In this case, the sample space is the set of all words of the length 3 written in the 2-letter alphabet {T,H}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    This set contains  = 8 words / elements\r\n" );
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document.write( "    {TTT, TTH, THT, THH, HTT, HTH, HHT, HHH}.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ii.  As it is formulated in the post, \"Only the number of trials is of interest\",\r\n" );
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document.write( "     the formal answer is \"the space consists of one element, which is the number 3.\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "     // But I believe that the question is formulated incorrectly in this case.\r\n" );
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