Question

If an event has more than one sample point then it is called _____________

(a) simple event

(b) compound event

(c) impossible event

(d) sure event

I had been asked this question by my college director while I was bunking the class.

The doubt is from Probability topic in section Probability of Mathematics – Class 11

Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) compound event

To explain I would say: If an event has more than one sample point then it is called compound event.

e.g. at least one head appears on tossing n coins.