you roll a 6 sided die with faces numbered 1 through 6, and toss a coin. what is the probability of rolling a 5 or getting tails?

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johnweldon1993 · Answer

Since the 2 are completely independent of each other...

The probability of rolling a 5 is   1/6 right?
And the probability of getting tails is 1/2

So the probability of both would be

$$\large \frac{1}{6} \times \frac{1}{2} = ?$$

anonymous · Answer

so 2/12?

johnweldon1993 · Answer

No, remember it is multiplication....1 times 1 is 1 :)

$$\large \frac{1}{12}$$

anonymous · Answer

oh yeah! oops my bad haha. but thank you so much! you're a lifesaver.

johnweldon1993 · Answer

lol no problem :)