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A six-sided die is printed with the numbers 1,2,3,5,8 and 13.
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document.write( "(a)  The probability is the ratio of favorable outputs to the total outputs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     In question (a), there are 2 favorable outputs against 6 total outputs.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  In case (b), the total number of all possible outputs is 6*6 = 36.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of them, favorable are sums of even and odd outputs, and the number of such outputs (pairs) is 2*4 + 4*2 = 16.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     So, the number of total favorable outputs is  16  against total possible outputs 36.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     THEREFORE, the probability in case  (b)  is  P =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "    To answer question (b), it is not necessary to calculate all, each and every of 36 possible outputs individually and separately.\r\n" );
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document.write( "    You can evaluate all necessary numbers for the solution in more simple and cheaper way, spending less efforts.\r\n" );
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