Question

A die is thrown once. Find the probability of getting the number 5.

Answer 1

In a single throw of a die, the possible outcomes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Total number of possible outcomes = 6

Let E be the event of getting the number 5.

Then, the favourable outcome is 5.

Number of favourable outcomes = 1

∴ Probability of getting the number 5 =  P (E) = `"Number of favourable outcome"/"Total number of possible outcomes" =1/6`