SOLUTION: in a game, a spinner with 8 equally sized sections is spun and a die is tossed. What is the probability of landing on an odd number on the spinner and rolling an even number on the

Question 971717: in a game, a spinner with 8 equally sized sections is spun and a die is tossed. What is the probability of landing on an odd number on the spinner and rolling an even number on the die.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Independent events, so probabilities are multiplied
even number on a die is 3/6
spinner on an odd number is 4/8
Probability of even number on die, and odd number on spinner is 1/2 * 1/2 =1/4=0.25
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