SOLUTION: A fair die is thrown, find the probability of getting (a) five (b) an odd number (c) a number less than four

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Question 1194285: A fair die is thrown, find the probability of getting
(a) five (b) an odd number (c) a number less than four
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, ikleyn:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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probability of a 5 is 1/6
of an odd number is 1/3, since it can be a 1,3, or 5
number less than 4 includes 3,2, and 1, so that probability is 1/2 as well.

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Probability of getting odd number is  P = 3%2F6 = 1%2F2 = 0.5 = 50%.