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Question 947702: in a 900 trails of thrown of two dice what is expected number of times that the sum wiil be less than 5
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In a 900 trials of thrown of two dice what is expected number of times that the sum wiil be less than 5
Less than 5 patterns:: 1/1 ; 1/2 ;1/3 ; 2/1 ; 2/2 ;3/1 (6 ways)
Total # of patterns:: 36
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P(sum < 5) = 1/6
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Expected # from 900 trials:: (1/6)900 = 75
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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