Question

In playing Monopoly, rolling doubles three times in a row sends you to jail. What is the probability of rolling three consecutive doubles?






a.


0.167




b.


0.5




c.


0.00463




d.


18.0






@ybarrap

Answer 1

Doubles in a single toss can happen 6 ways, there are 6*6 possible ways, so on one toss, there is 6/6^2 probability of a double. For this to happen 3 times in a row is even lower: (6/6^2)^3 = 6^2/6^6 =1/6^3 = .00463