SOLUTION: You roll a 6-sided die. What is P(odd or greater than 5)? Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number. The image of the dice and the question itself a

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Question 1160726: You roll a 6-sided die.
What is P(odd or greater than 5)?
Simplify your answer and write it as a fraction or whole number.
The image of the dice and the question itself are in the kink here: https://i.imgur.com/1QcQeMV.png
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A six sided die has the values {1,2,3,4,5,6} on the faces.
Of that list, {1,3,5,6} are either odd or greater than 5.

We have 4 values we want (1,3,5,6) out of 6 total (1,2,3,4,5,6)
Therefore, 4/6 = 2/3 is the answer.