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Sixteen die rolls forming a multiple of 8

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A fair die is rolled 1616 times and the results are written next to each other, in order, to form a 1616-digit number. What is the probability that this number is divisible by 88?

Short answer

18\tfrac18. Divisibility by 88 depends only on the last three digits. Checking the 63=2166^3=216 equally likely endings built from digits 11–66, exactly 2727 are multiples of 88 (nine ending in each of 22, 44, 66), giving 27216\tfrac{27}{216}.

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