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Suppose a single fair die is rolled. Find the probability that it is a 5 ​, given that it is an even number.

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Final answer:

The probability of rolling a 5 given that an even number has been rolled on a fair six-sided die is zero because 5 is not an even number.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student has asked about the probability of a specific outcome when rolling a fair six-sided die.

Given that they have rolled an even number, the probability that the die shows a 5 is being questioned.

Since 5 is not an even number, the probability of rolling a 5 given that the outcome is even is zero.

To perform this calculation, we consider the conditional probability.

The even numbers on a die are {2, 4, 6}. Since 5 is not in this set, there are no favorable outcomes over the total possible even outcomes, which makes the probability 0.

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