document.write( "Question 1203851: A die is rolled. Find the probability of the given event. Round all answers to 4 decimals.
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Algebra.Com's Answer #839717 by ikleyn(52781) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "(a)  There are 6 possible outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of them, only one outcome is desirable: 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability to get this outcome is  .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(b)  There are 6 possible outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of them, exactly THREE outcomes are desirable: 2, 4, 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability to get a desirable outcome is   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(c)  There are 6 possible outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of them, exactly FOUR outcomes are desirable: 3, 4, 5, 6.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability to get a desirable outcome is   = .\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The instruction to round the answers to 4 decimals looks like IRRELEVANT.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "When the answers are so beautiful fractions, reflecting the meaning of the solution,
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The lesson to learn from this my post

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "     - determine the total number of all possible different outcomes;\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "     - determine the number of all possible desired, or favorable, outcomes.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "     - Then the probability (or the answer to the problem's question) is   P = $\"favorable%2Ftotal\"$ .\r
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