Question 1 Foundation
A fair six-sided die is rolled once. Find the probability of getting an even number.
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The even numbers are 2, 4 and 6 — three outcomes out of six equally likely ones, so .
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The even numbers are 2, 4 and 6 — three outcomes out of six equally likely ones, so .
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The complement is .
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There are 36 equally likely ordered outcomes. Six of them give 7: . So .
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Mutually exclusive means , so nothing is subtracted: .
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. Both the numerator and the denominator fall by one on the second draw.
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Two paths: and . Adding gives .