If a number cube is rolled once and coin is tossed once. What is the…

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If a number cube is rolled once and coin is tossed once. What is the probability that the coin will show tail and composite number on the cube ?

  1. A.

    1/8

  2. B.

    1/6

  3. C.

    1/2

  4. D.

    1/4

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Concept

For two independent events, the probability that both occur together equals the product of their individual probabilities: P(A and B) = P(A) × P(B). A composite number is a natural number greater than 1 that has more than two factors (that is, it is not prime and not equal to 1).

Application

  1. A fair coin has 2 equally likely outcomes (heads, tails), so P(tail) = 1/2.

  2. A number cube (die) has faces 1 to 6. Checking each: 1 is neither prime nor composite; 2, 3, 5 are prime; 4 and 6 are composite. So exactly 2 of the 6 faces are composite, giving P(composite) = 2/6.

  3. The coin toss and the die roll are independent events, so the probability of both a tail and a composite number is P(tail) × P(composite) = (1/2) × (2/6) = 2/12 = 1/6.

Cross-check

Listing the full sample space confirms this: the coin-die combination has 2 × 6 = 12 equally likely outcomes. Only 2 of them satisfy the condition - (tail, 4) and (tail, 6). So the probability is 2/12 = 1/6, matching the result above.

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