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1. A fair six-sided die is rolled. Find the probability of getting at least a 3.

1. A fair six-sided die is rolled. Find the probability of getting at least a 3.-example-1

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To solve for the probability of atleast a 3:


\text{probability}=\frac{\text{ number of required outcome}}{\text{ number of possible outcome}}
\begin{gathered} \text{Number of possible outcome = 6 } \\ \text{ Number of required outcome= 3, 4, 5},6 \end{gathered}
\begin{gathered} Pr(\text{ atleast a 3) = }\frac{\text{ number of a 3 , a 4 , a 5 , a 6}}{nu\text{mber of possible outcome}} \\ Pr(atleast\text{ a 3) = }(1)/(6)+(1)/(6)+(1)/(6)+(1)/(6) \\ Pr(\text{atleast a 3)=}(4)/(6)=(2)/(3) \end{gathered}

Hence the probability of getting at least a 3 = 2/3

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