Question

A coin is flipped, and a number cube is rolled. what is the probability of getting tails on the coin and an even number on the number cube?

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  1. The probability of getting tails on the coin and an even number on the number cube is 1/4

    What are probabilities?

    Probabilities are used to determine the chances, likelihood, possibilities of an event or collection of events

    How to determine the probability?

    The sample space of a coin is:
    S = {H, T}
    The sample space of a die is:
    S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}
    The above means that:
    A coin has 2 faces, one of which is the tail.
    So, we have:
    P(Tail) = 1/2
    A number cube has 6 numbers, 3 or which are even.
    So, we have
    P(Even) = 3/6
    The required probability is
    P = P(Tail) * P(Even)
    This gives
    P = 1/2 * 3/6
    Evaluate
    P = 1/4
    Evaluate the quotient
    P = 0.25
    Hence, the probability of getting tails on the coin and an even number on the number cube is 1/4 or 0.25
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