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A fair coin and a fair die are tossed together. What is the probability of getting a tail on the coin and a multiple of 3 on the die?

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  • A1/3
  • B1/12
  • C1/6
  • D2/3

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The coin and the die do not affect each other, so the sample space has equally likely outcomes. The favourable ones are T3 and T6, giving 2/12 = 1/6; the same follows from multiplying . Answering 1/3 keeps only the die and forgets the coin. The value 1/12 counts just one outcome, T6, and overlooks that 3 is a multiple of 3 as well. Adding the two probabilities instead of multiplying gives 1/2 + 1/6 = 2/3, which is what 'or' would ask for, not 'and'.
Answer: C) 1/6

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