SOLUTION: Which of the following is the probability of rolling an even number on a 6-sided number cube and flipping a coin twice and getting two head in a row? 1/2 1/8 1/4 1/3

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Question 1007539: Which of the following is the probability of rolling an even number on a 6-sided number cube and flipping a coin twice and getting two head in a row?
1/2
1/8
1/4
1/3

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To get an even number on the die is 3/6 (or 1/2) and getting two heads in a row is (1/2)(1/2) = 1/4.
To have both events happen is (1/2)(1/4) = 1/8

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