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A coin is tossed two times. The number of possible outcomes is

When a coin is tossed two times the possible outcomes are

HH – Two heads


HT – First head and second tail


TH – First tail and second tail


HH – Two tails


Therefore,


The sample space is {HH, HT, TH, TT} = 4


Hence, the number of possible outcomes is 4.

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