SOLUTION: You roll a pair of dice, one is red and the other is green. What is the probability of rolling a 5 on the red die and an even number on the green one?
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Question 329106: You roll a pair of dice, one is red and the other is green. What is the probability of rolling a 5 on the red die and an even number on the green one? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! You roll a pair of dice, one is red and the other is green. What is the probability of rolling a 5 on the red die and an even number on the green one?
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What happens on the red and what happens on the green are
independent events.
P(red 5 AND green even) = (1/6)(3/6) = 3*36 = 1/12
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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