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Your friend, Jamie, rolled a number cube and got the number 5. On his next turn, he says he won’t be able to roll another 5 because he is only expected to roll a 5 once every six rolls. Is your friend correct? Explain your answer.

User Amartynov
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Answer:

here's the sample answer!

Jamie is not correct. No matter how many times the cube is rolled, the probability of rolling a 5 will be 1/6.

Explanation:

User Paulo Pedroso
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Answer:

No

Explanation:

Even though he has a 1/6 chance of rolling it he still has a 16.67% percent chance

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