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A twelve-sided die with sides labeled 1 through 12 will be rolled once. Each number is equally likely to be rolled.
What is the probability of rolling a number less than 9?
Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 1

3/4

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Answer: 2/3

Step-by-step explanation:

List out the total number of outcomes = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12}

We have 12 items in this list.

From this list, highlight the outcomes that are less than 9. So we will have this smaller list of {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8} which has 8 items in it.

There are 8 ways to get what we want (a number less than 9) out of 12 outcomes total

The probability is therefore 8/12 = 2/3