Question #4a65d

1 Answer
Jan 12, 2018

Depends on the die

Explanation:

If the die has six sides, then it has six distinct numbers. Three is only one of those numbers, and six is the total amount of numbers.

If you roll the die, you could get six possibilities: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Since 3 is only one out of those six possibilities, the probability would be #1/6#

If your die has a different number of sides, follow the same steps. Count how many sides there are- those are your possibilities. Then count how many sides with three there are- put that number over the total possibilities.

So if there is a 10 sided die with four sides that have 3s, then your probability would be #4/10# or #2/5# when simplified