Question

Boris has a coin and a number cube. The number cube is labeled 1 through 6. He flips the coin once and rolls the number cube once. What is the probability that the coin lands tails up and the cube lands on an even number?

Answer 1

`(1)/(4)`

Explanation:

Chance of tales:
`(1)/(2)`

Chance of even number:
`(3)/(6)` or
`(1)/(2)`

Multiply: (
`(1)/(2)`)(
`(1)/(2)`) =
`(1)/(4)`