You may have noticed that in the example with the spinner and the coin on the previous page the probability of tossing tails is one out of two or 1/2. P(tails) = 1/2
The probability of spinning green is one out of six of 1/6. P(green) = 1/6
Note that 1/2 x 1/6 = 1/12.
1/12 is the probability of tails AND green.
So, one way to find the probability for two independent events is to multiply the two probabilities.
If you see AND --> think Multiply
This could also be stated as:
P(tails, green) = 1/12