A fair die is rolled three times. Find the probability that one or more fours appear given that the sum of the three numbers that appear is 8.
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A fair die is rolled three times. Find the probability that one or more fours appear given that the sum of the three numbers that appear is 8.
Solution:
The numbers of ways that one or more fours appear given that the sum of the three numbers that appear is 8 are given as below:
(4,1,3)
(4,2,2)
(4,3,1)
(1,4,3)
(2,4,2)
(3,4,1)
(3,1,4)
(2,2,4)
(1,3,4)
So, there are total 9 ways that one or more fours appear given that the sum of the three numbers that appear is 8.
Total number of favourable outcomes = 9
Total number of outcomes = 6*6*6 = 216
Required probability = 9/216 = 0.041667
Required probability = 0.041667
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