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3 years ago

If you flip a coin and roll a 666-sided die, what is the probability that you will flip a tails and roll at least a 222?

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1 answer:

Rzqust [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

5/12

Step-by-step explanation:

For a coin

Number of sample space = 2

Probability of flipping a tail = 1/2

P(T) = 1/2

For a die

Number of sample space = 6

Let D be the event of rolling at least 2.

D = {2,3,4,5,6}

P(D) = 5/6

P(T) and P(D) = P(T) * P(D)

= 1/2 * 5/6

= 5/12

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Assume that $\sin(\theta) \ne 0$ and $\cos(\theta) \ne 0$ .

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$\begin{aligned}& \csc^{2}(\theta) \, \tan^{2}(\theta) - 1\\ =\; & \left(\frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}\right)^{2} \, \left(\frac{\sin(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}\right)^{2} - 1 \\ =\; & \frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\sin^{2}(\theta)\, \cos^{2}(\theta)} - 1\\ =\; & \frac{1}{\cos^{2}(\theta)} - 1\end{aligned}$ .

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$\displaystyle 1 = \frac{\cos^{2}(\theta)}{\cos^{2}(\theta)}$ .

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$\begin{aligned}& \csc^{2}(\theta) \, \tan^{2}(\theta) - 1\\ =\; & \cdots \\ =\; & \frac{1 - \cos^{2}(\theta)}{\cos^{2}(\theta)} \\ =\; & \frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\cos^{2}(\theta)}\end{aligned}$ .

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$\begin{aligned}& \csc^{2}(\theta) \, \tan^{2}(\theta) - 1\\ =\; & \cdots \\ =\; & \frac{\sin^{2}(\theta)}{\cos^{2}(\theta)}\\ =\; & \left(\frac{\sin(\theta)}{\cos(\theta)}\right)^{2} \\ =\; & \tan^{2}(\theta)\end{aligned}$ .