Question

One die of red colour, one of white colour and one of blue colour are placed in a bag. One die is selected at random and rolled, its colour and the number on its uppermost face is noted. Describe the sample space.

Answer 1

Let R,W,B be the red die, white die, blue die respectively. 

∴ Required sample space = S 

= {R₁, R₂, R₃, R₄, R₅, R₆, W₁, W₂, W₃, W₄, W₅, W₆, B₁, B₂, B₃, B₄, B₅, B₆}