document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178561>Question 1178561</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Samuel has two 4-sides dice. the sides of each die have the numbers 1,2,3,4. because the dice are pyramid-shaped, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "when Samual rolls the dice, each lands with three faces showing and one face not showing. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if Samual rolls his dice, the probability that the number not showing have a difference of 2 is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. 1/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. 1/8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. 1/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. 1/3\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "\"...the probability that the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=cross%28number%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"cross%28number%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > numbers not showing have a difference of 2 is\"<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1) Tutor @ikleyn chose to say that your post is nonsense because of the missing plural.  I'm a bit more forgiving than that; I know what you meant to say.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "(2) The other tutor gave the wrong answer.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The number of possible outcomes for the numbers not showing on the two dice is 4*4=16.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of those, 4 combinations (not 2) have a difference of 2: 1 and 3, 3 and 1; 2 and 4, 4 and 2.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "ANSWER: P(difference of 2 between the two numbers not showing) = 4/16 = 1/4.<br><BR>\n" );
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