)Amanda created a table to help her represent the sample space of spinning a spinner and flipping a coin.

Result of spin

Result of coin toss Red Green Yellow Blue
Heads Red, heads Green, heads Yellow, heads Blue, heads
Tails Red, tails Green, tails Yellow, tails Blue tails

What is the probability that the result of the spin is blue and the coin lands heads up?
two over eight
three over eight
one over eight
four over eight

Question

)Amanda created a table to help her represent the sample space of spinning a spinner and flipping a coin. 


 	
Result of spin

Result of coin toss	Red	Green	Yellow	Blue
Heads	Red, heads	Green, heads	Yellow, heads	Blue, heads
Tails	Red, tails	Green, tails	Yellow, tails	Blue tails


What is the probability that the result of the spin is blue and the coin lands heads up?
  two over eight 
  three over eight
  one over eight
  four over eight

just_one_last_goodbye · Answer

any ideas?

welshfella · Answer

how many outcomes are in the sample space?

welshfella · Answer

you can count them in your question...

anonymous · Answer

i think it is 2 over 8

welshfella · Answer

how many 'blue,heads' are there?

mathstudent55 · Answer

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mathstudent55 · Answer

All the different outcomes are:
Red, Heads
Red, Tails
Green, Heads
Green, Tails
Yellow, Heads
Yellow, Tails
Blue, Heads
Blue, Tails
This is what the figure above is showing.
How many different outcomes are there?
How many different outcomes are you interested in?

P(event) = (number of ways the even can happen) / (total number of outcomes)

boldjon · Answer

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welshfella · Answer

you can also  illustrate as a tree diagram

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