Question

A coin is tossed and a die with numbers 1-6 is rolled. What is P (tails and 5)

Answer 1

so get the probability for each outcome,

probability for rolling a 5 = 1/6 (for 6 outcomes, and one possibility

probability for coining tails = 1/2 (via same reasoning)

Answer 2

If both events A and B occur on a single performance of an experiment, this is called the intersection or joint probability of A and B, denoted as .

P(A [union] B)

If two events, A and B are independent then the joint probability is

P(A&B) = P(A) * P(B)

Answer 3

so i multiply the two outcomes?

Answer 4

so the probablility will be pretty small

Answer 5

yeah

Answer 6

for example, if two coins are flipped the chance of both being heads is

1/2 * 1/2

= 1/4

Answer 7

or in your case 1/2 * 1/6

=0.083333 3 recurring

Answer 8

im pretty sure 1/2 * 1/6 is 1/12?

Answer 9

yeah it is, and thats the same as 0.083333333333333