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Question 467098: a pair of dice are rolled. what is the probability that a sum of five is rolled given that only one of the dice shows a three.
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are possible outcomes.
The outcomes where one of the dice is 3 are
(3,2) and (2,3)
a total of 2 elements.
Hence the desired probability is 2/36, or 1/18.
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