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Question 751480: A person throws two standard six-sided dice six times in succession. What is the probability that he/she throws double six exactly once. Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! A person throws two standard six-sided dice six times in succession. What is the probability that he/she throws double six exactly once.
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Binomial Problem with n = 6 and p(double-six) = 1/36
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P(x = 1) = 6C1(1/36)*(35/36)^5 = binompdf(6,1/36,1) = 0.1448
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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