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Christine is rolling a regular 6 sided number cube and wanted to predict the number of times she should get 5 or 6. She decided to roll 60 times Determine how many 5s or 6s she should get? Help me Please​

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Since the cube is regular (or fair), you expect that every number from 1 to 6 has the same probability - i.e. 1/6 - of being rolled.

So, out of 60 rolls, you expect to see each number 60/6=10 times: you expect 10 ones, 10 twos, and so on.

In particular, you expect to see 10 fives and 10 sixes.

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