Your friend tells you that when rolling two dice, P(2 sixes) = P(six) x P(six). Your friend is... which one of these answer choices is correct?
Your friend tells you that when rolling two dice, P(2 sixes) = P(six) x P(six). Your friend is... which one of these answer choices is correct?
Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012
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Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability
Section11.8: Probabilities Of Disjoint And Overlapping Events
Problem 1C
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Your friend tells you that when rolling two dice, P(2 sixes) = P(six) x P(six). Your friend is...
which one of these answer choices is correct?
a.) Correct, since die rolls are disjoint events.
b.) Incorrect, since die rolls are not disjoint events.
c.) Correct, since die rolls are independent events.
d.) Incorrect, since die rolls are not independent events.
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