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Understanding Sample Space in Probability

The sample space in probability refers to the complete set of possible outcomes from an experiment, represented in curly brackets. For example, when tossing a coin, the sample space is S = {Heads, Tails} with n(S) = 2. In another example, the sample space for drawing a card from a deck focuses on the suits, resulting in S = {diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades} with n(S) = 4.

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Understanding Sample Space in Probability

The sample space in probability refers to the complete set of possible outcomes from an experiment, represented in curly brackets. For example, when tossing a coin, the sample space is S = {Heads, Tails} with n(S) = 2. In another example, the sample space for drawing a card from a deck focuses on the suits, resulting in S = {diamonds, clubs, hearts, spades} with n(S) = 4.

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Sample Space

In probability, the complete set of outcomes or results obtained


from an experiment is known as the sample space. It is shown as a
list enclosed in a pair of curled brackets { }.

For example, if we think of tossing a coin, the possible outcomes are


either Heads or Tails.

We write this as S = {Heads, Tails}

Sometimes we don’t need to list the elements in the sample space, but
the number of elements that are in the sample space.

For tossing a coin, we can say n(S) = 2 .

Worked example
A card is drawn from a standard deck. The suit of the card is
then noted.
List the sample space for this experiment.
THINK WRITE
While are 52 cards in the deck, we S = { diamonds, clubs, hearts,
are only interested in the suit.’ spades }
This means we need to list each of n (S) = 4
the four suits as the sample space
for this experiment.

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