"A coin is tossed and an eight-sided die numbered 1 through 8
is rolled. Find the probability of tossing a head and then
rolling a number greater than 4."
On the average about half of the times you toss the coin you will
toss a head.
The sides of the die are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.
Four of those are greater than 4.
On the average four times out of 8 you will roll a 5,6,7, or 8.
Four times out of 8 is 4/8 or 1/2. So half the time you will
roll a number greater than 4.
So 1/2 of the times you will get a head on the coin.
And 1/2 of THOSE times you will also roll a number greater than
4 on the die.
That's one-half of one-half of the times. That's
So one-fourth of the time you will get a head on the coin and a
number greater than 4 on the die.
Answer:
Edwin
