A six sided die is rolled six times. What is

Lucia Grimes

Lucia Grimes

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2022-07-03

A six sided die is rolled six times. What is the probability that each side appears exactly once?

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Melina Richard

Melina Richard

Beginner2022-07-04Added 14 answers

Step 1
On the first roll, there are no restrictions. The die is allowed to be any of the 6 equally likely values. Thus the probability of not duplicating any numbers so far after roll 1 is 6 6 , or 100 % . .
For each subsequent roll, the number of "successful" rolls decreases by 1. For instance, if our first roll was a [3], then the second roll needs to be anything but [3], meaning there are 5 "successful" outcomes (out of the 6 possible) for roll 2. So, since each roll is independent of the previous rolls, we multiply their "success" probabilities together. The probability of rolling no repeats after two rolls is 6 6 × 5 6 = 5 6 , , which is about 83.3 % . .
Step 2
Continuing this pattern, the third roll will have 4 "successful" outcomes out of 6, so we get
P r ( 3 unique rolls ) = 6 6 × 5 6 × 4 6 = 55.6 %
and then P r ( 4 unique rolls ) = 6 6 × 5 6 × 4 6 × 3 6 = 27.8 %
P r ( 5 unique rolls ) = 6 6 × 5 6 × 4 6 × 3 6 × 2 6 = 9.26 %
and finally P r ( 6 unique rolls ) = 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 6 6 = 1.54 % . .

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