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What is the probability of rolling a die twice, and having it land on a number greater than 1 both times?

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Answer: 25/36

Explanation:

A die has six faces, therefore its sample space S is 6

Since we are rolling a die twice(at different times), the probability of one turning up the first time is 1/6(i.e expected outcome/total outcome)

Similarly, if we throw the die the second time, the probability of one turning up the second time is also 1/6

The probability of having number greater than 1 land at each time will be (1- 1/6) which is 5/6.

Therefore the probability of having number greater than 1 land at "both times" will be 5/6×5/6 = 25/36

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