Question

The table shows the number of flowers of different colors in a box. A fair coin is shown below the table.

Color of
Flowers Number

Red 8

Orange 2

Green 5

Yellow 5

Ted selects a flower from the box randomly without looking and then tosses the fair coin. What is the probability that he will select a red flower and that the coin will land tails up? (5 points)

1 over 10

1 over 5

2 over 5

4 over 5

If it is possible, could you please give the answer AND explain how you got the answer? Thanks!

Answer 1

The chance of a red is 8/20 which is 2 out of 5. So if it also has to be tails up then that would reduce the chance by 1/2
What would be half of 2/5