A die and a coin are tossed simultaneously. If a head on the coin is taken to be 1 and a tail is taken to be 0, find the number of outcomes where sum of numbers on the die and the coin is greater than 4.

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Solution

The correct option is C
5

The outcomes of the following event are (1,0) , (1,1) , (2,0) , (2,1) , (3,0) , (3,1) , (4,0) , (4,1) , (5,0) , (5,1) , (6,0) , (6,1)

The favourable outcomes are (4,1) , (5,0) , (5,1) , (6,0) , (6,1).

Hence required number of outcomes is 5.

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