Question

Jason has two bags with 6 tiles each. The tiles in each bag are shown below:

1 2 3 4 5 6

Without looking, Jason draws a tile from the first bag and then a tile from the second bag. What is the probability of Jason drawing the tile numbered 5 from the first bag and an odd tile from the second bag?

Answer 1

To answer this question, you can use basic probability: The chance of getting tile number 5 from the first bag is 1/6 as it is for all other tiles in the same bag. The chance of getting an odd tile from the second bag is 3/6 as it is for getting an even tile. By multiplying the two, we get a total probability of 1/12.