Question

Aaliyah is drawing a ball from one bag and a tile from another bag. The first bag contains 4 green balls and 4 yellow balls. The second bag contains tiles numbered 1 through 5. What is the probability that she draws a green ball and a tile numbered with 4

Answer 1

step 1: calculate the probability of drawing a green ball, as (# of green balls/ total # of balls)
step 2: calculate the probability of getting a tile numbered 4. there is only one title with a 4 on it, so (1 / total # of tiles)
step 3: since it wants the probability of both events, multiply the results of step 1 and 2