SOLUTION: Five six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that at least one of them will show a 4? Hint: Using the complement may help.

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Question 276332: Five six-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that at least one of them will show a 4? Hint: Using the complement may help.
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There are 5 ways out of 6 possibilities that any one of the dice will NOT be a 4. Therefore the probability of NO 4s being rolled is:



and therefore the probability of at least one 4 is:



You can punch your own calculator buttons, but it is roughly 60 percent in favor of at least one 4.

John