I BJECTIVES

At the end of the session, students should be able to:

1. Describe Experiment, outcomes and sample space.
2. Identify whether the given situation is sample space or events.
3. Develop patience in listening to the teacher.

II Concept
Topic:
Subtopic: Illustrate experiment, outcome, sample space and events.
Materials:
Chalk Blackboard
Laptop Projector
III Procedure
A. Preliminary Activities
Prayer
Checking of Attendance
Drill/Review

B. Developmental Activities
An EXPERIMENT is any activity with an observable
result. Tossing a coin, rolling a die or choosing a card
are all considered experiments.

An OUTCOME (or SAMPLE POINT) is the result of a

the experiment. The set of all possible outcomes or
sample points of an experiment is called the SAMPLE
SPACE.

An EVENT is a subset of the sample space.

An experiment – Produces exactly one out of several possible outcomes

– The set of all possible outcomes is called the sample space of the
experiment, denoted by
– A subset of the sample space (a collection of possible outcomes)
is called an event

Examples of the experiment – A single toss of a coin (finite outcomes)

– Three tosses of two dice (finite outcomes)
– An infinite sequences of tosses of a coin (infinite outcomes)
– Throwing a dart on a square (infinite outcomes), etc.

Examples:

1. The experiment is rolling the die...once!

2. Consider the random experiment of flipping a coin twice.

3.

How many complete dinners are there?

How many dinners include beef?