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Question 1079190: three 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that two the dice show a 5?
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the possible outcomes with at least two 5's,
551,552,553,554,555,556
515,525,535,545,565,
155,255,355,455,655.
There are 16 of them.
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There are total possible outcomes so,


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