Question
Three coins are tossed. Describe two events which are mutually exclusive.
Solution
Three coins are tossed. The sample space is: S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, THH, HTT, THT, TTH, TTT}
Event E: three heads show E = {HHH}
Event F: three tails show F = {TTT}
Hence, E and F are mutually exclusive event.