Sixteen die rolls forming a multiple of 8
Question
A fair die is rolled times and the results are written next to each other, in order, to form a -digit number. What is the probability that this number is divisible by ?
Short answer
. Divisibility by depends only on the last three digits. Checking the equally likely endings built from digits –, exactly are multiples of (nine ending in each of , , ), giving .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
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