Three coins are tossed. Describe

(i) two events A and B which are mutually exclusive.


(ii) three events A, B and C which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.


(iii) two events A and B which are not mutually exclusive.


(iv) two events A and B which are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.

When three coins are tossed, then the sample space is


S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}


Now, The subparts are:


(i) The two events which are mutually exclusive are when,


A: getting no tails


B: getting no heads


Then, A = {HHH} and B = {TTT}


SO, The intersection of this set will be null.


Or, The sets are disjoint.


(ii) Three events which are mutually exclusive and exhaustive are:


A: getting no heads


B: getting exactly one head


C:getting at least two head


So, A = {TTT} B = {TTH, THT, HTT} and C = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH}


Since,


(iii) The two events that are not mutually exclusive are:


A:getting three heads


B:getting at least 2 heads


So, A = {HHH} B = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH}


Since


(iv) The two events which are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive are:


A:getting exactly one head


B: getting exactly one tail


So, A = {HTT, THT, TTH} and B = {HHT, HTH, THH}


It is because


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