What is the probability of rolling a fair die and not getting an outcome less than 2?

1 Answer
May 15, 2017

The probability is 5/6. See explanation.

Explanation:

First we can rephrase the task to avoid negation. The term "not to get an outcome less than 2" is the same as: "get 2 or more", so in other words the event is "you get 2 or more". Among all results 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. only number 1 does not fulfil the requirement, so other 5 results fulfil it.

A={2,3,4,5,6}

bar(bar(A))=5

bar(bar(Omega))=6

so P(A)=bar(bar(A))/bar(bar(Omega))=5/6