A coin is tossed and an eight- sided die numbered 1 through 8 is rolled. Find the probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than The probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 2 is (Round to three decimal places as needed)

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A coin is tossed and an eight- sided die numbered 1 through 8 is rolled. Find the probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 2.
The probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 2 is
(Round to three decimal places as needed)
Transcribed Image Text:A coin is tossed and an eight- sided die numbered 1 through 8 is rolled. Find the probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 2. The probability of tossing a tail and then rolling a number greater than 2 is (Round to three decimal places as needed)
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Step 1

The sample space using given information could be written as:

Sample space for coin = {H,T} and for die = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} 

Here

H = Head

T = Tail

The sample space for together coin and die could be written as:

together = { (H,1),.......(T,8)}

 

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