Given an experiment in which a fair coin is tossed four times, the sample space is S = {HHHH, HHHT, HHTH, HHTT, HTHH, HTHT, HTTH, HTTT, THHH, THHT, THTH, THTT, TTHH, TTHT, TTTH, TTTT}. Define event A as tossing four heads. What is the event Ac and what is the probability of this event?

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Answer:

[tex]P(A^c)=\frac{15}{16}[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

The sample space of a coin tossed four times is given below:

S = {HHHH, HHHT, HHTH, HHTT, HTHH, HTHT, HTTH, HTTT, THHH, THHT, THTH, THTT, TTHH, TTHT, TTTH, TTTT}.

n(S)=16

Event A is the event of Tossing four heads.

The Event [tex]A^c[/tex], the Complement of A is the event of not tossing four heads.

[tex]P(A)=\frac{n(A)}{n(S)}=\frac{1}{16} \\Therefore:\\P(A^c)=1-P(A)\\=1-\frac{1}{16} \\=\frac{15}{16}[/tex]