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Jim rolled a fair die 5 times and obtained a 3 every time.
He concluded that on the next roll, a 3 is more likely to
occur than the other numbers. Explain whether this is
true.
15 years ago

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PsyDAG
If it is a "fair die," the probability of any one number is always 1/6.

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