1 You roll a fair die numbered from 1 to 6 What is the proba

1. You roll a (fair) die numbered from 1 to 6. What is the probability that the number observed is not a 1?    

True or False?

Solution

1.

Note that there are 5 possibilities that is not a 1.

There are six sides.

Hence,

P(not 1) = 5/6 [answer]

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2.

False. It is not for any n, but only for integer values of n >= 0.