2022 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 12
Problem
Kayla rolls four fair -sided dice. What is the probability that at least one of the numbers Kayla rolls is greater than
and at least two of the numbers she rolls are greater than
?
Solution
We will subtract from one the probability that the first condition is violated and the probability that only the second condition is violated, being careful not to double-count the probability that both conditions are violated.
For the first condition to be violated, all four dice must read or less, which happens with probability
.
For the first condition to be met but the second condition to be violated, at least one of the dice must read greater than , but less than two of the dice can read greater than
. Therefore, one of the four die must read
or
, while the remaining three dice must read
or less, which happens with probability
.
Therefore, the overall probability of meeting both conditions is .
See Also
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