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You roll a die twice.a. The sum of the outcomes is 5. What is the probability the first roll was a three?b. The first outcome is a 3. What is the probability that the sum is five?

You roll a die twice.a. The sum of the outcomes is 5. What is the probability the-example-1

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a.)

Let us list down the possible outcomes in which the sum of the outcomes is 5:


\begin{gathered} \lbrace1,4\rbrace \\ \lbrace2,3\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,2\rbrace \\ \lbrace4,1\rbrace \end{gathered}

Since there are four possible outcomes in which the sum would be 5:


\begin{gathered} P=\text{ probability of getting a sum of 5}*\text{ probability of getting a 3 first roll} \\ P=(1)/(9)*(1)/(4)=(1)/(36) \end{gathered}

b.)

Now, we list down the possible outcomes in which we get a 3 on the first roll:


\begin{gathered} \lbrace3,1\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,2\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,3\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,4\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,5\rbrace \\ \lbrace3,6\rbrace \end{gathered}

Here, we can see that there are 6 possible outcomes that we get a three on our first roll. Since there are 36 possible outcomes when rolling a die twice:


\begin{gathered} P=\text{ possibility of rolling a 3}*\text{ possibility of getting a sum of 5 given that the first roll is 3} \\ P=(6)/(36)*(1)/(6) \\ P=(1)/(36) \end{gathered}

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