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What is the theoretical probability of rolling all 5 dice on the same number?

How many favourable outcomes are there when rolling 5 dice?

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The theoretical probability of (for example) rolling 5 ones is 1/(6^5) or approximately 0.013%. Because it doesn't matter which number we get five of we can multiply it by 6 to get 1/(6^5) or approximately 0.077%.
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