Question
Two fair dice are thrown. State the sample space and write the favourable outcomes for the following events.

A : Sum of numbers on two dice is divisible by 3 or 4.

B : The sum of numbers on two dice is 7.

C : Odd number on the first die.

D : Even number on the first die.

E: Check whether events A and B are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

F: Check whether events C and D are mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

Answer

When two dice are thrown, the sample space is

S = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6),

(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6),

(3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6),

(4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6),

(5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6),

(6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6,4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}

∴ n(S) = 36

(a) A: Sum of the numbers on two dice is divisible by 3 or 4.

∴ A = {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 5), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 4), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 3), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 2), (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 1), (5, 3), (5, 4), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 6)}

B: Sum of the numbers on two dice is 7.

∴ B = {(1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1)}

C: Odd number on the first die.

∴ C = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6)}

D: Even number on the first die.

∴ D = {(2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)}

A and B are mutually exclusive events as A ∩ B = Φ.

A ∪ B = {(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 6)} ≠ S

∴ A and B are not exhaustive events as A ∪ B ≠ S.

C and D are mutually exclusive events as C ∩ D = Φ.

C ∪ D = {(1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (2, 5), (2, 6), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (3, 4), (3, 5), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 2), (4, 3), (4, 4), (4, 5), (4, 6), (5, 1), (5, 2), (5, 3), (5, 4), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 1), (6, 2), (6, 3), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)} = S

∴ C and D are exhaustive events.

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