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Uno Lee
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What are the odds of tossing a pair of threes, twice, with two normal dice?
Uno Lee said:This was sort of an experiment. I was so surprised by the result from the first person (rolling a pair of threes on their first role) that I repeated the same experiment on a different person a couple of days later, different dice (still non-weighted) but the same experiment with the same results! Does this greater the odds? In both cases there were only two dice and they only rolled once to get the double threes.
Alkatran said:Why aren't you amazed when someone rolls 3-4, 2-5, 4-6? There was only a 1/6^6 chance of that happening! AMAZING
Uno Lee said:I was refereing to 2 dies rolled simultaneous. If only one of them landed on 3, would the odds then be 1 in 12?
"Toss a Pair of Threes Twice" refers to a probability experiment where a pair of dice is rolled twice and the results are recorded. The odds of getting two threes on both rolls is 1 in 36, or approximately 2.78%.
The probability of getting a specific outcome from a series of events is calculated by multiplying the probabilities of each individual event. In this case, the probability of getting a three on one roll is 1/6, so the probability of getting two threes on both rolls is (1/6) x (1/6) = 1/36.
No, there are other possible outcomes for this experiment such as getting two different numbers, two of the same number other than three, or a total of six on both rolls. However, getting two threes on both rolls has the lowest probability.
The more dice that are rolled, the higher the probability of getting two threes on both rolls. For example, if four dice are rolled twice, the probability becomes 1/1296 or approximately 0.08%.
The concept of probability and calculating odds can be applied in various fields such as gambling, finance, sports, and weather forecasting. It can also be used to make informed decisions and predictions in everyday life.