Question

In an experiment, a ball is drawn from an urn containing 12 purple balls and 13 green balls. If the ball is purple, two coins are tossed. Otherwise three coins are tossed. How many elements of the sample space will have a purple ball? How many elements of the sample space are there altogether?

Answer 1

Answer:

4 elements of the sample space will have a purple ball

There are 10 elements altogether

Step-by-step explanation:

Probability is given by number of possible outcomes ÷ number of total outcomes

Number of purple balls = 12, number of green balls = 13, total number of balls = 12+13 = 25

Probability (a ball drawn is purple) = 12/25

If a purple ball is drawn, two coins are tossed

1 coin has 2 elements

2 coins have 2×2 = 4 elements

Probability (a ball drawn is not purple) = 1 - 12/25 = (25-12)/25 = 13/25

If a ball drawn is not purple, three coins are tossed

1 coin has 2 elements

3 coins have 3×2 = 6 elements

Total elements = 4 + 6= 10 elements