Question

What is the probability of throwing an even number with a single standard dice of six faces?

Answer 1

Sample space (S) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

n(S) = 6

Let E be the event of getting an even number

E = {2, 4, 6}

n(E) = 3

P(E) = `("n"("E"))/("n"("S"))`

= `3/6`

= `1/2`