Two coins are tossed : (a) if A, is the event that the first coin is a tail and A, is the event that the second coin is a tail and A, is the event that the second coin is a head are A, and A, mutually exclusive ? Obtain P(A, U A,) and P(A, n A,), (b) if further the event A, is that both the coins are heads and A, is that both the coins are tails are A, and A, mutually exclusive ? Are they exhaustive? Obtain P(A, A,).

Two coins are tossed : (a) if A, is the event that the first coin is a tail and A, is the event that the second coin is a tail and A, is the event that the second coin is a head are A, and A, mutually exclusive ? Obtain P(A, U A,) and P(A, n A,), (b) if further the event A, is that both the coins are heads and A, is that both the coins are tails are A, and A, mutually exclusive ? Are they exhaustive? Obtain P(A, A,).

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