Question

An experiment consists of tossing a coin and drawing a card, with the card-drawing stage dependent on the result of the coin toss. If heads occurs, then a card is selected at random from the clubs and spades suits. If tails occurs, then a card is selected at random from the hearts and diamonds suits. What is the size of the sample space of this two-stage experiment?

Answer 1

The sample size of this two-stage experiment would be 1 fair coin and 1 deck of cards; 1 half deck of only clubs and spades, and one half deck of only hearts and diamonds.