The table shows the number of flowers of different colors in a box. a fair coin is shown below the table. color of flowers number red 8 orange 2 green 5 yellow 5 a coin ted selects a flower from the box randomly without looking and then tosses the fair coin. what is the probability that he will select a red flower and that the coin will land tails up?

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Probability is the likelihood of an event occurring over all the total possibilities.

There are 20 total flowers to choose from...
8 + 2 + 5 +5 = 20

Now, we want a red coin, so the chances of getting a red flower is 8 red ones out of 20 total flowers.

8/20 = 2/5 when simplified.

BUT...

They also want a coin that will have a tails landing up.

The probability of a coin landing either tails or heads is 1/2. The reason for this is because there are only two sides to a coin.

Now, to get the total probability if there are more than one probabilities, we multiply them.

We have (2/5)*(1/2) and we get 1/5 or 20% as the answer. If you have any questions then please ask.