SOLUTION: if you rolled a single die 52 times and recorded the number of time you rolled a 2 how many 2s would you expect to get?

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Question 657740: if you rolled a single die 52 times and recorded the number of time you rolled a 2 how many 2s would you expect to get?
Answer by colliefan(242) About Me  (Show Source):
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Since there are 6 possible results, if the die is fair, a 2 will be rolled on average one in six tosses or 1/6 of the time.
52*1/6 = 8 2/3

Check the problem. It is surprising to me that they would make this an uneven number. If it was 48 * 1/6, then you would expect to get a two 8 times.