Toss a coin five times; record the number of heads. A. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, equally likely B. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, not equally likely C. {1, 2}, equally likely D. {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, not equally likely E. {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, equally likely
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