document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=387111>Question 387111</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose you have 5 distinguishable dice. Calculate the size of the sample space.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "List all the outcomes which satisfy the event \"all five dice are the same\". \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate the probability of thus event occurring. ( in other worlds calculate the probability of getting a yahtzee on one roll) leave answer as a fraction reduced to simplest terms </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #273650 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=user_dude2008><B>user_dude2008(1862)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-12.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=user_dude2008><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=273650\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> size of sample space: 6^5 = 7776\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "List all the outcomes which satisfy the event \"all five dice are the same\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "{1,1,1,1,1}, {2,2,2,2,2}, ..., {5,5,5,5,5}, {6,6,6,6,6} ---> 6 ways\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate the probability of thus event occurring.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6/7776 = 1/1296\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Answer: 1/1296 </SPAN>\n" );
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