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Seeing 1, 3 and 5 before any even roll

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You keep rolling a fair six-sided die. What is the probability that each of the odd faces 11, 33 and 55 has appeared at least once before any even face appears?

Short answer

1/201/20. Only the order in which the six faces first appear matters, and all 6!6! orders are equally likely. We need the three odd faces to occupy the first three places: 3! 3!6!=120\tfrac{3!\,3!}{6!}=\tfrac1{20}.

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