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Tom rolls a dice and flips a coin

Calculate the probability that he will get a 5 and a head.

Tom rolls a dice and flips a coin Calculate the probability that he will get a 5 and-example-1
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Assuming the dice is fair and has 6 equally likely outcomes, and the coin is fair and has 2 equally likely outcomes, the probability of getting a 5 on the dice is 1/6, and the probability of getting a head on the coin is 1/2.

Since the events of rolling the dice and flipping the coin are independent, the probability of both events occurring is the product of their individual probabilities.

Therefore, the probability of getting a 5 and a head is (1/6) * (1/2) = 1/12 or approximately 0.0833.

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