SOLUTION: The faces of a weighted cube are numbered 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, with one digit per face. When tossed, the cube is twice as likely to land with an even dgit showing on its top face as a

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Question 220211: The faces of a weighted cube are numbered 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, with one digit per face. When tossed, the cube is twice as likely to land with an even dgit showing on its top face as an odd. Each number is as likely to appear as any other odd number, and each even number is as likely as any other even number. What is the probability that the cube, when tossed, shows a 5 in its top face? express your answer as a common fraction.
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The possibilities, given the 2 to 1 probability of an even number result are:

1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6.

So there are 9 possibilities, only one of which is 5, so


John