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Question
A dice is thrown once. What is the probability that the number is greater than 2?
Solution
Event = {number is greater than 2}
Event = {3, 4, 5, 6}
n(E) = 4
P(E) = ?
P(E) = `"n(E)"/"n(S)" = 4/6 = 2/3`.
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