Answer to Question #25906 in Statistics and Probability for tori

Question

a fair dice is thrown twice. what is the probability that a 2 was scored on the first throw and a 4 on the second throw?

Answer 1

Probability, that a 2 was scored on the first throw equals:
P1 = 1/6 (becausea dice has 6 angles )
Probability, that a4 was scored on the second throw equals:
P2 = 1/6
Finally, totalprobability equals:
P = P1*P2 = 1/6 * 1/6 =1/36
Answer: 1/36