SOLUTION: If one die is weighted so that 3 and 4 are the only numbers that the dice will roll, and 3 comes up three times as often as 4, what is the probability of rolling a 3?

SOLUTION: If one die is weighted so that 3 and 4 are the only numbers that the dice will roll, and 3 comes up three times as often as 4, what is the probability of rolling a 3?

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Question 1089573: If one die is weighted so that 3 and 4 are the only numbers that the dice will roll, and 3 comes up three times as often as 4, what is the probability of rolling a 3?

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