Relabelled dice that can hit every sum 2 to 12
Question
A six-sided die has each face labelled with a number from ; labels may repeat and need not all be used. Two dice with the same face multiset count as the same die. Rolling such a die twice, all faces equally likely, how many different dice make every total from to possible?
Short answer
. Totals force the faces . Total (and ) then needs a or a . The sixth face is free, so there are dice containing a , containing a , and (the standard die) containing both: .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
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