MHB Die Roll & Coin Toss: Why 42 Possible Outcomes?

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A fair die is rolled twice. If the two results are the same, a coin is tossed. Why is the total number of different possible outcomes of this experiment $42$?
 
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6 * 6 = 36, so 30 outcomes are a dice roll and 12 outcomes are a coin toss. 30 + 12 = 42.
 

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