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in three tosses of a die, find the probability that a 5 will appear twice?

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inthreetossesofadie,findtheprobabilitythata5willappeartwice?

Solution

61​
+1
Decimal
0.16666…
Solution steps
The possible outcomes when \mathrm{a die is rolled} is {1,2,3,4,5,6}.
Therefore, the number of possible outcomes: 6
The number of favorable outcomes of \mathrm{a 5 will appear twice}: 1
Probability =totalnumberofoutcomesnumberoffavorableoutcomes​=61​

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