Question

An experiment consists of flipping a single coin followed by rolling a six-sided cube (a die).

What is the probability of getting a head followed by a 6?

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Answer 1

Probability of getting a head followed by a 6 is 1/12

Explanation:

There are 2 possible outcomes of tossing a coin a head and a tail.

The probability is 1 out of 2 each for head and tail.

Probability of getting a 6 when a dice is rolled is 1 out of 6 for each face i.e 1,2,3,4,5,6

So the probability of getting a head followed by 6 is 1/2*1/6 = 1/12

It can also be understood as below.

There can be 12 possible combinations once a coin is tossed and a die is rolled. Head-1, Head-2. Head-3, Head-4, Head-5, Head-6, Tail-1, Tail-2, Tail-3, Tail-4, Tail-5, Tail-6

In the list there is 1 outcome that we need. Head-6. This again gives us the chance of getting Head-6 as 1 out of 12.

Answer 2

Answer:
`(1)/(12)`

Explanation:

Okay, first, you want to find the probability of getting a head, which would be 1/2 because there are two options and we are only looking for one out of the two. Then, the probability of getting a 6 would be 1/6 because there is only one chance of getting a 6 and there are 6 options. Next, you would have to multiply both quantities to find out what the probability would be of getting both. So it would be
`(1)/(2)` ×
`(1)/(6)`=
`(1)/(12)`