In rolling a six-sided die, any one of the faces could land upwards, giving six elementary events, denoted by the number of spots (from 1 - 6) which are showing. We calculate the probability of obtaining either a five or a six on a single roll of the die to be a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 1/6

In rolling a six-sided die, any one of the faces could land upwards, giving six elementary events, denoted by the number of spots (from 1 - 6) which are showing. We calculate the probability of obtaining either a five or a six on a single roll of the die to be a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 1/6

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