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One Six-sided Die

The following shows the possible outcomes when you toss a die. Roll the die several
times until you see the six different numbers displayed on the die

Event: Die Toss

1
2
3
4
5
6

number of possible outcomes = 6


Toss Die

When you toss a 6-sided dice, there are 6 sides. The theoretical probability (to
the nearest hundredth) for each is:

P(1) = 1/6 = 0.17


P(2) = 1/6 = 0.17
P(3) = 1/6 = 0.17
P(4) = 1/6 = 0.17
P(5) = 1/6 = 0.17
P(6) = 1/6 = 0.17

Theoretical probability does not change. In the first examples each individual event had
the same probability. The next example shows events with different probabilities.

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