Question

A box contains 1 red and 3 identical white . Two are drawn at random in succession without replacement. Write the sample space for this experiment.

Answer 1

It is given that the box contains 1 red ball and 3 identical white . Let us denote the red ball with R and a white ball with W.
When two are drawn at random in succession without replacement, the sample space is given by * = {RW, WR, WW}