Exercise

Probability of a Yahtzee

Let us calculate the probability of obtaining a "Yahtzee" in a single roll of the five dice.

A Yahtzee occurs when all five dice are of the same denomination. Any of the six denominations counts as a Yahtzee. For example, all 1s is a Yahtzee, as is all 4s.

Instructions

100 XP

Calculate the size of the sample space.
Calculate the probability of obtaining a Yahtzee.

Take Hint (-30 XP)