Red : Cream : Blue
2 : 3 : 1
2x2 : 3x2 : 1x2
4 : 6 : 2
You need 6 parts of Cream and 2 parts of Blue
Lennon used the property o addition
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Answer:
The probability of all events occurring is 1
(1/6)+p=1
p=1-1/6
p=5/6
The probability of not rolling 5 is 5/6
Or you could have just said there are five numbers other than 5 out of the six so:
5/6
