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Question 262677: A standard six-sided die with its faces numbered 1 to 6 is rolled once, and a dime is tossed once. What is the probability of rolling a number less than 3 and tossing a tail? Express your answer as a common fraction. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A standard six-sided die with its faces numbered 1 to 6 is rolled once, and a dime is tossed once. What is the probability of rolling a number less than 3 and tossing a tail? Express your answer as a common fraction.
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The events are independent.
P(<3 and tail) = P(<3)*P(tail) = (2/6)(1/2) = 1/6
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Stan H.
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