A fair coin is tossed twice. Consider the sample space S = {HH, HT, TH, TT} of

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A fair coin is tossed twice. Consider the sample space S = {HH, HT, TH, TT} of equally likely simple events. We are interested in the following events:

E1 = a head on the first toss

E2 = a tail on the first toss

E3 = a tail on the second toss

E4 = a head on the second toss

For each pair of events, discuss whether they are independent and whether they are mutually exclusive.

(A) E1 and E4 

(B) E1 and E2

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College Mathematics For Business Economics, Life Sciences, And Social Sciences

ISBN: 978-0134674148

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Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker

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