When Rolling a Pair of Fair Dice,the Probability of Rolling

question 56

Multiple Choice

When rolling a pair of fair dice,the probability of rolling a total point value of "7" is 0.17.If you rolled a pair of dice 1,000 times and the point value of "7" appeared 723 times,what would you probably conclude?

• A)This is not so unlikely as to make you doubt the fairness of the dice.
• B)Although not impossible,this outcome is so unlikely that the fairness of these dice is questionable.
• C)Since the total point value of "7" has the highest probability of any event in the sampling distribution,this is an extremely likely outcome.
• D)It is impossible for this to happen if the dice are fair.

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