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You throw three number cubes that are numbers 1-6 all at the same time. What is the probability that you would get a triple 3 on the first throw?

User Gulli Meel
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Answer:

3/18 but if you have to simplify it, it would be 1/6

User Gomes
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Answer:

  • 1/27

Explanation:

For each cube the probabilty of number 3 is 1/6 since it is one option out of 6 possible numbers.

The probability of same number on all three cubes is:

  • P(3,3,3) = 1/3*1/3*1/3 = 1/27
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