Thread: Help with simple probability question..

A ball is randomly selected from a bowl containing three red and 2 yellow balls. Its color is noted and the ball is returned to the bowl before a 2nd ball is selected. List the 5 simple events that must be added to the sample space.

Originally Posted by detroitguy

A ball is randomly selected from a bowl containing three red and 2 yellow balls. Its color is noted and the ball is returned to the bowl before a 2nd ball is selected. List the 5 simple events that must be added to the sample space.

Your question makes no sense to me. The sample space is:

(Y, Y)

(Y, R)

(R, Y)

(R, R)