SOLUTION: a 6 sided dice is rolled 50 times. how many times should you roll a 5 or a 6?

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Question 851024: a 6 sided dice is rolled 50 times. how many times should you roll a 5 or a 6?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You should expect a 5 or a 6 roughly of the time.


Multiply 50 by to get:


Round this to the nearest whole number to get


So you should expect to roll a 5 or a 6 approximately 17 times.

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