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3.3 Exercise 42

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An experiment consists of tossing a nickel, a dime, and a quarter. Of interest is the side the coin lands on.

  1. List the sample space.
  2. Let A be the event that there are at least two tails. Find P(A).
  3. Let B be the event that the first and second tosses land on heads. Are the events A and B mutually exclusive? Explain your answer in one to three complete sentences, including justification.

OpenStax Statistics, 3.3 Two Basic Rules of Probability, exercise 42

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