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What is the probability of getting a sum that is divisible by 6?
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When two dice are rolled find the probability of getting a 6 or 7?
Probability that the sum is 6 = 5/36 Probability that the sum is 7 = 6/36
WhaT Is thE probability of getting a sum of 13 with one roll of a pair of fair number cubes 1-6?
The probability is 0.
What is the probability of rolling a 6-sided die and getting a 4 or a number divisible by 3?
1-2
What is the probability of getting a sum of 5?
Assuming you mean when rolling 2 dice, the probability is the number of ways of getting the sum of 5 over the number of possible outcomes. 4 ways of getting 5 (1+4; 2+3; 3+2; 4+1) 36 outcomes (6 x 6) the probability is 4/36 = 1/9
When two dice are rolled the probability of getting a sum of 16?
With two normal six-sided dice, the maximum sum can only be 12 (6 x 2 dice), so there is zero probability of rolling a sum that adds to 16.
When two dice are rolled find the probability of getting a 6 or 7?
Probability that the sum is 6 = 5/36 Probability that the sum is 7 = 6/36
What is the probability that the sum of the numbers from two rolled dice result in a perfect square or even number?
Part1: Finding probability of getting sum as a perfect square. Maximum sum of both the dice is (6+6) equal to 12. Up to 12, the perfect squares are: 1, 4 and 9. Getting a sum of 1 from two dice is not possible. So, we are left with 4 and 9. To get 4, the combination can be: (2,2) or (1,3) or (3,1). This means, to get the sum as 4, the probability is [3/36]. To get 9, the combination can be: (3,6) or (6,3) or (5,4) or (4,5). This means, to get the sum as 9, the probability is [4/36]. Therefore,the total probability of getting the sum as a perfect square is: [(3/36)+(4/36)]=[7/36]. Part2: Finding the probability of getting sum as an even number. The possible even numbers can be 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. But, as 4 is already considered in part1, it should be ignored in this case. The probability of getting sum as 2 is: [1/36] The probability of getting sum as 6 is: [5/36] The probability of getting sum as 8 is: [5/36] The probability of getting sum as 10 is: [3/36] By adding all the above, the probability of getting sum as an even number (ignoring 4) is: [(1/36)+(5/36)+(5/36)+(3/36)]=[14/36]. From part 1 and part 2, we get the total probability as [(7/36)+(14/36)]=[7/12]=0.583333.
WhaT Is thE probability of getting a sum of 13 with one roll of a pair of fair number cubes 1-6?
The probability is 0.
What the probability of rolling a 6 sided die and getting a 4 or a number divisible by 3?
If the die is fair then for a single roll, the probability is 1/2.
What is the probability of rolling a 6 sided die and getting a 4 or a number divisible by 3?
1-2
What is the probability of rolling a 6-sided die and getting a 4 or a number divisible by 3?
1-2
When two dice are rolled find the probability of getting a sum of 5 or 6?
There are 36 permutations of two dice. Of these, 9 have a sum of 5 or 6, so the probability of rolling a sum of 5 or 6 on two dice is 9 in 36, or 1 in 9, or about 0.1111.
When 2 dice are rolled what is the probability of getting a sum less than 5?
It is 1/6.
An experiment consists of rolling two fair dice and adding the dots on the two sides facing up therefore what is the probability that the sum of the dots is divisible by 2 and 3?
There are two possible sums that add up to a number evenly divisible by 2 and 3, namely 6 and 12. There are 5 different ways to roll a sum of 6, so the probability of that happening is 5/36. There is 1 way to roll a sum of 12, so the probability of that happening is 1/36. The probability of either happening is the sum of the two separate probabilities. p=5/36+1/36=6/36=1/6 ~= .1667 = 16.67%
What is the probability of getting a sum of 7 or 11 by rolling two dice?
There are 36 permutations of two dice. Of them, 6 have a sum of 7, (1+6, 2+5, 3+4, 4+3, 5+2, and 6+1) and 2 have a sum of 11 (5+6 and 6+5). The probability, then of getting a sum of 7 or 11 is (6 plus 2) in 36, or 8 in 36, or 2 in 9, or about 0.2222.
What is the probability of getting a sum of 5?
Assuming you mean when rolling 2 dice, the probability is the number of ways of getting the sum of 5 over the number of possible outcomes. 4 ways of getting 5 (1+4; 2+3; 3+2; 4+1) 36 outcomes (6 x 6) the probability is 4/36 = 1/9
What is the probability of getting a sum of 6 or 7 or 8?
The experiment is not defined! The probability of the event described, when 9 or more number cubes are rolled, is 0.
