What is the probability of rolling a sum of 7 with two fair six-sided dice, and how does this probability change if one of the dice is weighted to favor the number 6? Furthermore, how many rolls would be needed to confidently determine if the weighted die is indeed biased towards 6?

What is the probability of rolling a sum of 7 with two fair six-sided dice, and how does this probability change if one of the dice is weighted to favor the number 6? Furthermore, how many rolls would be needed to confidently determine if the weighted die is indeed biased towards 6?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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