document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1161573>Question 1161573</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rolling a regular die - \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Number:        <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1  (number of times rolled: 6)                 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "2  (number of times rolled: 4)                <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3  (number of times rolled: 1)                 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "4  (number of times rolled: 5)                <BR>\n" );
document.write( "5  (number of times rolled: 2)                 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6  (number of times rolled: ?)                 \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Based on the histogram above, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1. How many sixes are rolled? 3 - is this correct?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2. What is the experimental probability P(2)? I got 4/6 - is this correct?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3. What is the experimental probability P(4)? 5/6 - is this correct?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It appears you are misunderstanding the given data....<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A regular die was rolled multiple times. It came up 1 6 times, 2 4 times, 3 1 time, 4 5 times, 5 2 times, and 6 an unknown number of times.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "None of the three questions can be answered with the given information.  We either need to know the number of times a 6 came up, or we need to know the total number of times the die was rolled, so that we can determine the number of times a 6 came up.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "1. If your answer of 3 is correct, then the total number of rolls was 6+4+1+5+2+3 = 21.  Was that total number of rolls given, and you forgot to include that information in your post?<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "For 2 and 3, the experimental probability is the number of times a certain number came up, divided by the total number of rolls.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Assuming the total number of rolls was in fact 21...<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "2. P(2) = 4/21<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3. P(4) = 5/21<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The reader responded saying that the die was rolled 25 times.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, since the number of rolls other than 6 is 18, the answer to question 1 is that a 6 was rolled 7 times.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And then the answers to questions 2 and 3 are 4/25 and 5/25 = 1/5.<br><BR>\n" );
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