Mike tosses a penny and then rolls a six-sided number cube. What is the total number of outcomes for this event?
A.
8
B.
10
C.
36
D.
12
D. 12
There are 2 outcomes for tossing a penny (heads or tails) and 6 outcomes for rolling the number cube (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Since the two events are independent, you multiply the number of outcomes for each event to get the total number of possible outcomes: 2 (penny) * 6 (number cube) = 12.