Which of the following statements if false?
A) The set of all simple events of an experiment is called the sample space.
B) An event that can be decomposed into two is called a simple event.
C) The sum of the probabilities for all simple events in the sample space equals 1.
D) The probability of an event A is equal to the sum of the probabilities of the simple events contained in A.
E) The probability for any event in the sample space is between 0 and 1 inclusive.

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A simple event is an event that cannot be decomposed into two or more events, so statement B is false because a decomposable event is not a simple event.

Which of the Following Statements If False