document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1148974>Question 1148974</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the probability of rolling at least one double 6 in 24 rolls of two six sided dice </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #770310 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><B>addingup(3677)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=addingup><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=addingup><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=770310\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is a very old problem. Goes back to a gambler by the name of Chevalier de Mere in the year 1717.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The probability of a double 6 is 1/36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability of not getting a double 6 is 35/36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability of not getting a double 6 24 times in a row is therefore (35/36)^24.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thus, the probability of at least one double 6 in 24 rolls is 1−(35/36)^24 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 1-0.5085961238691 = 0.4914% <BR>\n" );
document.write( "You can round off to however many decimals they told you to, you didn't say </SPAN>\n" );
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