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A coin is tossed. If it shows tail,  we draw a ball from a box which contains 2 red 3 black balls; if it shows head we throw a die. Find the sample space of this experiment.

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The box contains2 red balls and 3 black balls.
Let us denote the 2 red balls as R1​,R2​ and the 3 black balls as B1​,B2​ and B3​.
The sample space of this experiment is given by,
S={TR1​,TR2​,TB1​,TB2​,TB3​,H1​,H2​,H3​,H4​,H5​,H6​}
Here, H=Head, and T = Tail
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