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Two 6-sided dice are rolled. Find the probability that exactly 1 die shows a 5.

Two 6-sided dice are rolled. Find the probability that exactly 1 die shows a 5.-example-1
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1) Let's begin by writing all the possible outcomes of those two dices between parentheses. The first number refers to the first dice, and the second one to the 2nd dice:

(1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)

(2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6)

(3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)

(4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)

(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)

(6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

Note that there are 36 outcomes.

2) Now, let's focus on finding the number of favorable events:

(1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)

(2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6)

(3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)

(4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)

(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)

(6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

There are a total number of 10 favorable outcomes.

3) Therefore, we can write out the following probability:


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