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Jacci has a fair coin and a wooden cube. On the cube, there are two faces colored green, two faces colored blue, and two faces colored red. Mary flips the coin and tosses the cube. What is the probability of getting both a tail on the toss of the coin and a green face on the roll of the cube?

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Q. Jacci has a fair coin and a wooden cube. On the cube, there are two faces colored green, two faces colored blue, and two faces colored red. Mary flips the coin and tosses the cube. What is the probability of getting both a tail on the toss of the coin and a green face on the roll of the cube?
  1. Determine Probability of Tail: Determine the probability of getting a tail on the toss of the coin.\newlineSince a fair coin has two sides, heads and tails, the probability of getting a tail is 11 out of 22.\newlineProbability of getting a tail =12= \frac{1}{2}
  2. Determine Probability of Green Face: Determine the probability of getting a green face on the roll of the cube. The cube has 66 faces, with 22 of them being green. Therefore, the probability of rolling a green face is 22 out of 66. Probability of getting a green face =26= \frac{2}{6} However, 26\frac{2}{6} can be simplified to 13\frac{1}{3}.
  3. Calculate Combined Probability: Calculate the combined probability of both events happening together.\newlineSince the coin flip and the cube roll are independent events, the combined probability is the product of the probabilities of each individual event.\newlineCombined probability = Probability of getting a tail ×\times Probability of getting a green face\newlineCombined probability = (12)×(13)(\frac{1}{2}) \times (\frac{1}{3})
  4. Perform Multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the combined probability. Combined probability = (12)×(13)=16(\frac{1}{2}) \times (\frac{1}{3}) = \frac{1}{6}

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