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2. A fair six-sided die is rolled. Find the probability of getting at least a 5.

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start by drawing the possibilities for the event

the probability can be calculated by dividing the specific cases over the total cases.

In this case, the possible cases of getting at least 5 are 5 and 6.

The total cases are 6 since the die has six sides.


p(\le6)=(2)/(6)=(1)/(3)

2. A fair six-sided die is rolled. Find the probability of getting at least a 5.-example-1
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