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What is the probability of rolling a 2 exactly 3 times out of 15 rolls of a number cube? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

User Danny Pule
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We are only concerned with rolling a 2. This means that the only outcomes are either we get a 2 or not. This is a binomial distribution. We would apply the binomial distribution formula which is expressed as

P(x) = nCx * p^x * q^(n - x)

where

n = number of trials

x = number of successes

p = probability of success

q = probability of failure

From the information given,

n = 15

x = 3(we want the positive result 3 times)

Recall, the total outcomes on the cube are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Thus, we can get 2 only once from 6 outcomes. Thus,

p = 1/6

q = 1 - p = 1 - 1/6 = 5/6

Thus,

P(x = 3) = 15C3 * (1/6)^3 * (5/6)^(15 - 3)

P(x = 3) = 455 * 0.00463 * 0.1122

P(x = 3) = 0.2364

Converting to percentage, we have

0.2364 * 100 = 23.64

Thus, the probability of rolling a 2 exactly 3 times out of 15 rolls of a number cube is 23.6%

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