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A coin is tossed thrice. If event E denotes the number of heads is odd and event F denotes the number of tails is odd, then find the cases favourable to the event `EnnF`.

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To solve the problem, we need to determine the cases that are favorable to the event \( E \cap F \), where: - Event \( E \): The number of heads is odd. - Event \( F \): The number of tails is odd. Since a coin is tossed thrice, we can have the following outcomes for the number of heads (H) and tails (T): 1. **Total Outcomes**: When a coin is tossed three times, the total number of outcomes is \( 2^3 = 8 \). The possible outcomes are: - HHH - HHT - HTH - HTT - THH - THT - TTH - TTT 2. **Count Heads and Tails**: We will count the number of heads and tails for each outcome: - HHH: 3 heads, 0 tails - HHT: 2 heads, 1 tail - HTH: 2 heads, 1 tail - HTT: 1 head, 2 tails - THH: 2 heads, 1 tail - THT: 1 head, 2 tails - TTH: 1 head, 2 tails - TTT: 0 heads, 3 tails 3. **Identify Odd Counts**: - For event \( E \) (number of heads is odd): The outcomes with an odd number of heads are HTT, THT, TTH (1 head). - For event \( F \) (number of tails is odd): The outcomes with an odd number of tails are HHT, HTH, HTT, THT, TTH (1 or 3 tails). 4. **Find Intersection \( E \cap F \)**: We need to find the outcomes that satisfy both conditions (odd heads and odd tails): - From the outcomes with odd heads (HTT, THT, TTH), we can check which of these have an odd number of tails: - HTT: 1 head, 2 tails (not odd tails) - THT: 1 head, 2 tails (not odd tails) - TTH: 1 head, 2 tails (not odd tails) None of the outcomes with an odd number of heads have an odd number of tails. 5. **Conclusion**: Therefore, there are no cases favorable to the event \( E \cap F \). ### Final Answer: The number of cases favorable to the event \( E \cap F \) is **0**.
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