document.write( "Question 1092481: In rolling a die once,what is the probability of
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document.write( "A.  The only perfect squares in the sample space are 1 and 4.\r\n" );
document.write( "    That's because 1 = 1² and 4 = 2².\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 2 ways out of 6 ways that a perfect square number can\r\n" );
document.write( "be rolled.  \"Out of\" means \"over\", so the probability is\r\n" );
document.write( "2 over 6 or 2/6 and that reduces to 1/3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "B.  The only prime numbers in the sample space are 2,3 and 5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That's 3 ways out of 6 ways that a prime number can be\r\n" );
document.write( "be rolled.  \"Out of\" means \"over\", so the probability is\r\n" );
document.write( "3 over 6 or 3/6 and that reduces to 1/2.\r\n" );
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