SOLUTION: A game involving rolling a pair of 2 dice 24 times. The game is won if at least one double 6 occurs. What is the probably of winning this game?

SOLUTION: A game involving rolling a pair of 2 dice 24 times. The game is won if at least one double 6 occurs. What is the probably of winning this game?

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Question 65256: A game involving rolling a pair of 2 dice 24 times. The game is won if at least one double 6 occurs. What is the probably of winning this game?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
P(getting pair of 6's)= 1/36
P(getting pairof 6's in 24 tries)=24C1(1/36)^1(35/36)^23=0.34875...
Cheers,
Stan H.
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