Question

You roll a number cube twice. Find P(even, then not 2). Write the probability as a fraction in simplest form

Answer 1

A number cube is rolled 450 times. The number 3 comes up 67 times.

a. What is the theoretical probability of rolling a 3? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

b. What is the experimental probability of rolling a 3? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

Answer 2

The events of rolling an even number and not rolling a 2 are independent events.

The probability of rolling an even number on the first roll is 3/6 or 1/2. (There are three even numbers: 2, 4, and 6, out of a total of six possible numbers on the cube.)

If an even number is rolled on the first roll, there are five possible numbers left for the second roll, since we do not want to roll a 2. Therefore, the probability of not rolling a 2 on the second roll, given that an even number was rolled on the first roll, is 5/6.

The probability of rolling an even number on the first roll and not rolling a 2 on the second roll is:

P(even, then not 2) = P(even) x P(not 2 | even)
P(even, then not 2) = (1/2) x (5/6)
P(even, then not 2) = 5/12

Therefore, the probability of rolling an even number on the first roll and not rolling a 2 on the second roll is 5/12 or approximately 0.42.

Answer 3

a. The theoretical probability of rolling a 3 on a number cube is 1/6. This is because there is only one 3 on the cube, and there are six possible outcomes when rolling the cube. Therefore, the probability of rolling a 3 is:

P(rolling a 3) = 1/6

b. The experimental probability of rolling a 3 is found by dividing the number of times a 3 comes up by the total number of rolls:

Experimental probability of rolling a 3 = Number of times a 3 comes up / Total number of rolls
Experimental probability of rolling a 3 = 67/450

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor of 67 and 450, which is 1:

Experimental probability of rolling a 3 = 67/450