Suppose in Example 4 that after flipping the nickel and dime 1,000 times, we find that HH turns up 273 times, HT turns up 206 times, TH turns up 312 times, and TT turns up 209 times. On the basis of this evidence, we assign probabilities to the simple events in S as follows:

This is an acceptable and reasonable probability assignment for the simple events in S. What are the probabilities of the following events?

(A) E₁ = getting at least 1 tail

(B) E₂ = getting 2 tails

(C) E₃ = getting at least 1 head or at least 1 tail

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Simple Event li P(e₁) HH .273 HT .206 ΤΗ .312 TT .209