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Compute the probability of tossing a six-sided die and getting a number less than 3

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Answer:

We can think of our denominator as 6 in our probability, because there are 6 total sides to this die.

Out of those 6 sides, they want to find out if we can roll a number less than 3.

First, let's find how many numbers there are on this die that are less than 3.

1 and 2, so there are 2 sides that contain numbers less than 3 on this die.

So there is a 2 out of 6 chance(2/6) which can be simplified to 1/3, of selecting a number less than 3 when rolling a die.

1/3 probability.

Convert this into a percent if you'd want:-

1/3 ยท 100

= 33.333... which can be rounded to a 33% probability.

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