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Tom says that he needs 6 rolls to obtain each possible outcome on a 6-sided die. On the fourth roll, he rolls his second "3”. Tom says that the die is loaded and that each outcome is not equally likely. Is Tom correct here? If you think Tom is incorrect, how many rolls should Tom make until he sees each number occurring about 1/6 of the time?

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Tom statement

1). He says that, he needs 6 rolls to obtain each possible outcomes on a 6 sided die.

2). On the fourth roll , he rolls his second roll 3.

3). Tom says that the die is loaded and that each outcome is not equally likely. All the statements are incorrect.
As the number of trials increases , the chances of occurring of each event equally increases .

Number of rolls should tom make until he sees each number occuring about 1/6 of the tike approximately >/ 6^6.


Number of rolls should tom make until he sees each number occuring about 1/6 of the tike approximately >/ 6^6.

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