What is the probability of flipping a coin four times in a row and having it land on heads each time?
Hint
there are two possible outcomes for each flip
Answer
Example 2
If you are allowed to choose one fruit, one sandwich, and one bag of chips, how many different lunches can be made from these choices: apple, orange, banana, PB&J on whole wheat, turkey and Swiss on sourdough, tuna salad on rye, Fritos, Cheetos, Nacho Cheese Doritos, or Sunchips?
Hint
count the options for each category
Answer
3 × 3 × 4 = 36 possible lunches
Example 3
If you pick one card each from two decks of cards, what is the probability that both cards will be the Ace of Spades?
