Using a fair coin and a number cube with faces numbered 1 through 6, what is the probability of getting heads and rolling a 5?
1 answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Use Multiplication Principle with states that if a event can occur n ways, and another mutually exclusive event occur p ways, then the total outcome is
The possible ways of rolling a dice is 6 and the possible ways of flipping a coin is 2 so we have
Now, we use the fact that proabliblity is
Number of favorable outcomes/ Total outcomes.
We can only get a head and a 5 once out of the set so the number of favorable outcomes is 1. Total outcomes is 12 so we have
A is the answer.
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