Find the chance of throwing at least one ace in a simple throw with tw...
The possible number of cases is 6×6, or 36.
An ace on one die may be associated with any of the 6 numbers on the other die, and the remaining 5 numbers on the first die may each be associated with the ace on the second die; thus the number of favourable cases is 11.
Therefore the required chance is 11/36
Find the chance of throwing at least one ace in a simple throw with tw...
Problem: Find the chance of throwing at least one ace in a simple throw with two dice.
Solution:
To find the chance of throwing at least one ace, we need to calculate the probability of not throwing any aces and subtract it from 1.
Step 1: Calculate the probability of not throwing any aces:
There are 6 possible outcomes for each dice, as it has 6 faces numbered from 1 to 6. Therefore, the total number of possible outcomes for two dice is 6 * 6 = 36.
In order not to throw any aces, both dice must show numbers other than 1. There are 5 possible outcomes for each dice that are not an ace (2, 3, 4, 5, and 6), so the probability of not throwing an ace on one dice is 5/6.
Since the throws of the two dice are independent events, we can multiply the probabilities together to find the probability of not throwing any aces on both dice:
P(not throwing any aces) = (5/6) * (5/6) = 25/36
Step 2: Calculate the probability of throwing at least one ace:
The probability of throwing at least one ace is equal to 1 - P(not throwing any aces). Therefore:
P(throwing at least one ace) = 1 - P(not throwing any aces) = 1 - 25/36 = 11/36
Conclusion:
The chance of throwing at least one ace in a simple throw with two dice is 11/36, which corresponds to option 'D' in the given choices.