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(iii) Compound.


Three coins are tossed once. Therefore, events

A = {HHH},

B = {HHT, HTH, THH},
C = {TTT},
and D = {HTH, HHH, HTT, HHT}

(i) A and B, A and C, B and C, C and D, A, B, and C are mutually exclusive.

(ii) A and C are simple events.

(iii) B and D are compound events.

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