SOLUTION: a 6 sided dice is rolled 50 times. how many times should you roll a 5 or a 6?

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Question 851024: a 6 sided dice is rolled 50 times. how many times should you roll a 5 or a 6?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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You should expect a 5 or a 6 roughly 2%2F6=1%2F3 of the time.


Multiply 50 by 1%2F3 to get:


Round this to the nearest whole number to get 17


So you should expect to roll a 5 or a 6 approximately 17 times.