SAMPLE SPACE You have learned some very important vocabulary words associated with probability experiments, words like population, sample, outcome, event, random, and prediction. Another important term to know is the term sample space. Sample space is all of the possible outcomes. The sample space for the random selection of the sample of five free throwers is the 25-member basketball squad. Any one of the 25 members of the basketball squad has an equal chance of being selected as a member of the sample of five free throwers. The following questions are to help you understand the term sample space. When answering each question, remember that a sample space is all of the possible outcomes that may occur. 1. When a coin is tossed, the sample space is that the coin may land with a or showing. 2. When a die is tossed, the sample space is the numbers _ -2 and 3. When a pair of dice are tossed, the sample space is the numbers 8 11 , and 4. The numbers 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 are written on small pieces of paper and placed in a bag. All of the numbers have an equal opportunity of being drawn. The sample space is the numbers , and 5. Twenty marbles are placed in a bag. Ten of the marbles are green, five are black, and five are red. All of the marbles have an equal opportunity of being drawn from the bag. The sample space is _marbles