If you roll a six sided die what is the p(5)? Express your answer as a fraction and as a percent.

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Omar Makled · Answer 1 · 2019-07-22T05:26:19+0000

When rolling one die, there is one "5" outcome and six total outcomes. The formula for probability is represented as:

$P(A) = \frac{\textrm{number of outcomes resulting in} \,A}{\textrm{total number of outcomes}}$

Thus in this case, to find
P(5) , we would go about the following:

P(5) = (1)/(6)

To convert
(1)/(6) to a percent, we first multiply by 100 and then divide, as shown:

$(1)/(6) \cdot 100 = (100)/(6) = 16.\overline{6} \,\%$

The fraction would be 1/6 and the percentage would be 16.666...%, which is often rounded to 16.67%.