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7. Patrick tosses a penny and a number cube, with faces numbered 1 through 6, at the

sume time.
A. Are the events dependent or independent Lxplain your thinking,
the events are independent because me out
GOMG of one does not affect the outcome of t
B. What is the probability char che penny will land on heads and the number cube will
land on a multiple of 32 Show your work.
U can ignore the first one I answered I need help on B

User Linyuanxie
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Answer:

B. 1/3 or 33.3%

Explanation:

H- 1 ,2 ,3, 4, 5, 6

T- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Multiples of 3: 3, 6, 9, 12, etc..

2/6 simplified is 1/3

So, the probability that the penny will land on heads and the number cube will land on a multiple of 3, is 1/3 or 33.3%

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