Abstract
Toss two fair coins. Let X be the number of heads. X is a function from the sample space Ω = { HH, HT, TH, TT} into the set {0, 1, 2}. The distribution of X is given by the following table.
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Schinazi, R.B. (2012). Random Variables. In: Probability with Statistical Applications. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-8250-7_2
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