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An Event is any subset of a sample space.
A Simple Event is any subset of the sample space to include a single outcome. S = {H, T}
Heads
Tails
Heads
Tails
Heads
Tails
Heads
Tails
HHH
HHT
THT
TTH
TTT
THH
HTH
HTT
A Compound Event is any subset of the sample space which consists of two or more simple events.
S = {HHH, HHT, HTH, HTT, THH, THT, TTH, TTT}
A Sample Space (S) is the set of all possible outcomes.
Mutually Exclusive
A set of Events is said to be Collectively Exhaustive
if all simple events are included, (like the equation above).
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