Loaded die parameter maximising a total of seven
Question
A six-sided die is weighted so that faces through come up with probabilities , , , , and respectively. You roll it twice. Which value of makes a total of most likely?
Short answer
. A total of comes from the unordered pairs , each counted twice for order. This gives , maximised at .
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- Random Variables and Probability Mass Functions
- Counting and Combinatorics
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
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