Question

A coin is tossed two times. The number of possible outcomes is

• A. $1$
• B. $2$
• C. $3$
• D. $4$

Answer 1

The correct option is D

$4$

When a coin is tossed once, the number of outcomes are two (Head and Tail) i.e., in each throw, the number of ways of showing a different face are $2$.

Similarly tossing the coin for the second time, there are again the same two outcomes.

Thus, by the multiplication principle, the required number of possible outcomes is $2\times 2=4$, i.e., $\mathrm{HH},\mathrm{HT},\mathrm{TH},\mathrm{TT}$.

Hence, option D is correct.