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OpenStudy (anonymous):

1. Find the complementary event of the given event. a number less than 5 on a roll of a number cube with faces labeled 1– 6 A. rolling a 5 B. rolling a 5 or 6 C. rolling a 4 or 5 D. rolling a 4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

There are only 6 possible numbers to roll. When you see "compliment" think "opposite" What's the opposite of rolling a number less than 5? That is, what's the opposite of rolling a 1,2,3 or 4 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont get it

OpenStudy (anonymous):

If I don't roll a 1,2,3 or 4....what must I have rolled?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No....there is more than one possibility If I did not roll a number less than 5 (a 1,2,3 or 4) I must have rolled a list ALL of the possibilities

OpenStudy (anonymous):

-1-2-3-4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5 or 6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

This is so easy. I think you are thinking too much. I roll a dice. I don't get a number less than 5. Could I have rolled a 1? No Could I have rolled a 2? No Could I have rolled a 3? No Could I have rolled a 4? No Could I have rolled a 5? Yes! Could I have rolled a 6? Yes!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Correct 5 or 6

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