SOLUTION: if you roll two fair dice(one black die and one white die) in how many ways can you obain a 5 on the white die?

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Question 1146082: if you roll two fair dice(one black die and one white die) in how many ways can you obain a 5 on the white die?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, richwmiller:
Answer by ikleyn(52813) About Me  (Show Source):
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In 6 ways.

(6 possibilities for the black die).


Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Huh?
How many sides of a single die has 5 pips?
Only one, no matter what color it is! Unless, for some strange reason, you count the 5 pips on the 6 pip side
So the answer is one!
I suspect tutor ikleyn misread the question as 5 on two dice which would indeed yield 6 ways.
5 and 1
1 and 5
4 and 2
2 and 4
3 and 2
2 and 3