Question

a die is tossed once. find the probability of getting :
i ) a number less than 3
ii) a prime number
iii) number greater than 2

Answer 1

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We know Empirical probability= No.of occurance/Totatal no.of events.
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We know that a dice has six faces.So total number of events in all cases =6


1)Numers less than 3 in a dice:1,2(2 numbers)

Thus probability =

2/6=1/3
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2)prime numbers from 1-6 are 2,3,5(3 numbers)

thus probability=

3/6=1/2
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3)numbers greater than 2 till 6 are 3,4,5,6(total 4 numbers)

Thus probability =

4/6=2/3
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