document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=869245>Question 869245</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My daughter is doing homework, miserably, I might add, and the question just states\"probability less than five.\" I cannot help her because I dont understand it myself! </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #524172 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><B>KMST(5328)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=KMST><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=KMST><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=524172\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sorry for the late answer, but I lost electrical power last night, after typing the explanation below.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem must have more wording than that.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Something is missing in the question, so we cannot give you the right answer.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It probably talks of rolling dice, or picking a number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the meantime, I will give you some basic general explanations.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can think of probability as the fraction of times that you get certain result happens if you repeat the experiment many, many, many times. That is why probabilities are always between 0 and 1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you have a number cube marked with the numbers 1 through 6 (a die like you use in board games),<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and you roll it, the number on the top face could be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability of rolling a number less than 7 is 1, because it will be less than 7 all the times you roll the die.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is a trick die, with more weight on one of its sides, there may be a number that you will get more often.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it is a fair die, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the times you will get a 6;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the time you will get a 5,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the rest of the times you will get less than 5 (1, or 2, or 3, or 4).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So the fraction of the times you will get not a 6 or a five, but less than 5 is<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-1%2F6-1%2F6=4%2F6=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-1%2F6-1%2F6=4%2F6=2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the times.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability if getting a 6 is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability if getting a 5 is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability if getting less than 5 is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > . </SPAN>\n" );
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