SOLUTION: A two-stage experiment consists of first rolling a die and noting the number and then flipping a coin and noting heads or tails. How many outcomes are in the sample space?

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Question 943994: A two-stage experiment consists of first rolling a die and noting the number and then flipping a coin and noting heads or tails. How many outcomes are in the sample space?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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12 outcomes. 

(6 ways the die can turn up) TIMES (2 ways the coin can turn up) = 12.

Sample space consisting of those 12:

{1H, 1T, 2H, 2T, 3H, 3T, 4H, 4T, 5H, 5T, 6H, 6T}

Edwin