Question

Marco created a table to help him represent the sample space of spinning a spinner and flipping a coin. Result of spin Result of coin toss Red Green Yellow Heads Red, heads Green, heads Yellow, heads Tails Red, tails Green, tails Yellow, tails What is the probability that the result of the spin is green and the coin lands tails up?

Answer 1

Answer: The answer is 1/6

Explanation:

Answer 2

Spinner has three colors: red, green and yellow; coin has two sides: head or tail.

The sample space: {red - head; red - tail; green - head; green - tail; yellow - head; yellow - tail}. In total there are 6 ways to combine different colors with coin sides.

The probability that the result is green - tail is 1/6.