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Describe the sample space for the indicated experiment: A coin is tossed three times.

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A coin has two faces: head (H) and tail (T).

When a coin is tossed three times, the total number of possible outcomes is 23 = 8

Thus, when a coin is tossed three times, the sample space is given by:

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


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