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== Problem == | == Problem == | ||
+ | A pair of standard 6-sided fair dice is rolled once. The sum of the numbers rolled determines the diameter of a circle. What is the probability that the numerical value of the area of the circle is less than the numerical value of the circle's circumference? | ||
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+ | <math> \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{36}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{12}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{6}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{4}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{5}{18} </math> | ||
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== Solution == | == Solution == | ||
Revision as of 22:42, 9 February 2011
Problem
A pair of standard 6-sided fair dice is rolled once. The sum of the numbers rolled determines the diameter of a circle. What is the probability that the numerical value of the area of the circle is less than the numerical value of the circle's circumference?
Solution
It is clear that only a diameter of and
would result in the circumference being larger than the radius.
For the radius is
so
The area is $\pi r^2 \rightarrow \pi 1^2 \right arrow \pi$ (Error compiling LaTeX. Unknown error_msg) Thus,
so we need snake eyes or
and the probability is
By the same work using diameter of , we find that the circumference is greater than the area. So
would be found by rolling a
and a
so the probability is
.
Thus, those are the only two cases however there are ways to roll a
with
die so the probability is
See also
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