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OpenStudy (anonymous):

you roll a fair dice twice. find the probability at least one dice shows a 4 given that the minimum of the two numbers is a 3.

OpenStudy (amistre64):

make a chart is what i do

OpenStudy (amistre64):

1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 mark all those that are 3x 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 x x x x 4 x 5 x 6 x

OpenStudy (amistre64):

out of 7 ways; ony 2 have a four in them

OpenStudy (amistre64):

2/7 if i see it right :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh ok. thank you so much! so the probability is 2/7

OpenStudy (amistre64):

thats my guess, im a bit rusty at these so i cant say fer sure; but i think that it good

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i was trying to calculate using formulas but then i got mixed up. this table seems very reasonable and easy

OpenStudy (anonymous):

using the sample space and p(a) and stuff

OpenStudy (amistre64):

yeah, i never remember the formulas that well

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i was trying to learn it using the formulas since my prof might want to see calculations on the test

OpenStudy (amistre64):

i figure the size of the given is: 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 = 7 ways to get a 3 as lowest 4,3 5,3 6,3 and 2 of those gots a 4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i do that too :)

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