Question 23 of 55intermediate🔧 ApplyShort Answer3 marks

A die is thrown twice. What is the probability that (i) 5 will not come up either time? (ii) 5 will come up at least once? [Hint: Throwing a die twice and throwing two dice simultaneously are treated as the same experiment]

(i)
Answer

25/36

(ii)
Answer

11/36

Explanation

This question tests understanding of sample space and complementary events in probability. When a die is thrown twice, we treat it the same as throwing two dice simultaneously. The total number of outcomes is 6×66 \times 6 = 36. For part (i), we count outcomes where 5 doesn't appear in either throw. For part (ii), we use the complement rule since 'at least once' is the complement of 'neither time'.