Jerry is rolling a die and flipping a coin. What’s the probability that he will roll an odd number and the coin will land on tails?

Question

A - 1/5

B - 2/5

C - 1/10

D - 1/4

Answer 1

1/2 * 1/2 = 1/4

Answer 2

Hi Riley,

When two independent events are happening like this, we can just multiply the two probabilities together.

The probability of rolling an odd number is 3/6 since there are 3 odd numbers on the 6-sided die.

The probability of the coin landing on tails is 1/2.

That makes the total probability 3/6 * 1/2 = 3/12 = 1/4 or 25%.

Please let me know if I can be more helpful, thanks!

Joe