Suppose that four 9-sided dice are tossed. What is the probability that the sum on the four dice is greater than or equal to 6?
1 Answer
Nov 27, 2017
Explanation:
The probability can be expressed this way:
How many different ways can we get 5 or less?
We can get the following arrangements and achieve 5 or less:
So there are a total of 5 ways to get a 5 or less.
How many different results can we get rolling the 4 9-sided dice? Each die has 9 possibilities, so we have
And so we get: