Monday, 27 January 2014

Probability of outcome from a fair die



A fair die is rolled 5 times:
a) What is probability that an even number is cast at least once?

b) What is probability that a six is cast each time?


Answer



The first probability is 1(1/2)5
The second is (1/6)5



a)
Let A:= "at least one even number is rolled".
Then P(A) = 1 - P(only uneven numbers are rolled) = 1(1/2)5



b) P(roll a six in one try) = 1/6

Therefore P(roll a six 5 times in a row) = (1/6)5 because each rolling the die is independent from the others.


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