A single fair die is tossed. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 1.

* What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 1?

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A single fair die is tossed. Find the probability of rolling a number greater than 1.

* What is the probability of rolling a number greater than 1​?

anonymous · Answer

S={1,2,3,4,5,6}  E={2,3,4,5,6} <greater than 1

P(E)= $$\frac{ n(E) }{ n(S) }$$

superdavesuper · Answer

Correct - u can get the ans from there @Novice3000

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 6 }$$   ?

superdavesuper · Answer

errr what is n(E)?

anonymous · Answer

I know S=6 but im not sure what E is

superdavesuper · Answer

E is when u roll a fair dice n get a number >1 n u have listed them above already...

anonymous · Answer

ok do i just choose one or use a specific number greater than 1?

solomonzelman · Answer

You have 6 possible outcomes (1-6 on the dice),
and 5 "desirable" (or "wanted"),  outcomes (2-6 that are greater than 1).

solomonzelman · Answer

So what is the chance/probability that out of 6 possible outcomes it will lay on one of the 5 that you want?

anonymous · Answer

$$\frac{ 1 }{ 3 }$$

solomonzelman · Answer

For example, if I have 20 marbles - 15 blue marbles and 5 red marbles.
What is the probability that a randomly selected marble is blue?

(assuming that each marble is equally likely to be selected)

ANSWER:
P{blue marble} = 15/20 = 3/4

anonymous · Answer

5/6 dude

solomonzelman · Answer

Now, 

You have 6 possible outcomes on the dice roll. Five outcomes are good (2 through 6), and one outcome is bad (rolling "1" ).

What is the probability that your outcome is good?