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Choose True if the given statement is correct; otherwise, choose False.

1. The sample space is the set of possible outcomes for a given experiment.
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Answer: True
2. An event is a subset of the sample space for an experiment.
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Answer: True
3. Suppose an experiment involves choosing a color of the rainbow and tossing a coin. For each sample point, the first outcome represents the color of the rainbow while the second outcome represents the outcome in tossing the coin (H for head and T for tail). The sample space has 28 elements in all.
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Answer: False; the sample space has 14 elements.
4. The probability of an empty set, P(∅), cannot be determined.
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Answer: False; P ( ∅ ) = 0.
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