Question

While Playing Yahtzee and rolling 5 dice, Mei gets the result shown at right (the numbers are 2, 4, 4, 4, and 1). Mei decides to keep the three fours and reroll the other 2 dice. a. what is the probability that Mei will have 5 of a kind? b. What is the probability that she will have 4 of a kind? c. what is the probability that she will have exactly three 4's?

Answer 1

A. The probability is 1/36. There are 36 combinations of the first and second dice and only one of them is 2 - 4s.

B. 10/36. Ten of the options contain exactly 1 - 4. 

C. The remaining 25/36 options do not include a 4.