A coin in tossed and if head comes up, a die is thrown. But if tail comes up, the coin is tossed again. Write the sample space of this experiment. The total no. of elements in the sample space will be

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Required sample space is ${H_{1}, H_{2}, H_{3}, H_{4}, H_{5}, H_{6}, T H, T T} ∴ n (S) = 8$

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A coin in tossed and if head comes up, a die is thrown. But if tail comes up, the coin is tossed again. Write the sample space of this experiment. The total no. of elements in the sample space will be

Required sample space is {H1,H2,H3,H4,H5,H6,TH,TT}∴n(S)=8

Required sample space is ${H_{1}, H_{2}, H_{3}, H_{4}, H_{5}, H_{6}, T H, T T} ∴ n (S) = 8$