Sum of seven with a dot-weighted die
Question
A six-sided die is loaded so that each face comes up with probability proportional to its number of pips (face has weight ). If it is rolled twice, what is the probability that the two results add up to ?
Short answer
. Face has probability . Summing over the pairs gives .
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- Counting and Combinatorics
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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