Question

What are the odds against of rolling a number larger than four on a fair die?

Answer 1

Solution:

The question is given below

What are the odds against of rolling a number larger than four on a fair die?

The numer s greater than 4 on a fair die is given below as

$\begin{gathered} 5,6 \\ n(for) \end{gathered}$

The umber less than or equl to 4 are

$\begin{gathered} 1,2,3,4 \\ n(against) \end{gathered}$

Hence,

The odds against rolling a number larger than four on a fair die will be

$\begin{gathered} \frac{4}{2} \\ =2:1 \end{gathered}$

Hence,

The final answer is

$\Rightarrow2:1$