Gabe is doing a probability experiment. He is tossing a coin and spinning a spinner with 4 equal sections labeled 1 through 4. How many possible outcomes are there? *

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Gabe is doing a probability experiment. He is tossing a coin and spinning a spinner with 4 equal sections labeled 1 through 4. How many possible outcomes are there?  *

directrix · Answer

There are 2 outcomes for the coin, H or T.
There are 4 outcomes for the spinner, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

There are 2*4 outcomes for tossing a coin AND flipping the spinner.

directrix · Answer

This multiplication process is known as the Counting Principle. The Fundamental Counting Principle: If there are a ways for one activity to occur, and b ways for a second activity to occur, then there are a *b ways for both to occur.

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