Question

A red die is tossed and then a green die is tossed. What is the possibility that the red die shows a six or the green die shows a six?

Answer 1

The two events are independent of each other.

This means that:


`\text{Pr}(\text{red 6}) = \text{Pr}(\text{green 6})`

`\text{So total probability is: } \text{Pr}(\text{red 6}) + \text{Pr}(\text{green 6}) = (2)/(6) = (1)/(3)`