Question

What is the probability of rolling a fair die and getting a 5?

• A. $P\left(5\right)=\frac{1}{3}$
• B. $P\left(5\right)=\frac{1}{4}$
• C. $P\left(5\right)=\frac{1}{5}$
• D. $P\left(5\right)=\frac{1}{6}$

Answer 1

The correct option is D $P\left(5\right)=\frac{1}{6}$

The probability of rolling a fair die and getting a $5$ is $=\frac{1}{6}$ as there are $6$ possible outcomes $1,2,3,4,5,6$ on rolling a dice.

And we are interested in only one of those outcomes.