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Kate is playing a game at the school carnival. There is a box of marbles, and each box has a white, a green, a blue, and an orange marble. There is also a fair 2-sided coin. How many outcomes are in the sample space for pulling a marble out of the box and tossing the coin?

16
8
6
12

User Germano
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Answer:

8 is the answer 4*2 = 8

Explanation:

User Tyress
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Givens

4 marbles (white, green, blue and orange)

1 box

1 coin with 2 sides.


Discussion

You can pull out one of 4 marbles and get either heads or tails.

Coin = 2 results.

Box = 4 results.


Total number of results - 2 * 4 = 8 results.

B <<<<< Answer.


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