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5 dice (Posted on 2017-05-22)

Andy rolls five regular dice.
What is more likely: rolling no sixes or rolling exactly one six?

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The odds are the same.

No sixes = (5/6)^5
One six = (5/6)^4 * (1/6) * 5 combinations.

Posted by hoodat on 2017-05-22 15:02:12

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