A fair die is thrown twice. What is the probability of obtaining two "sixes"?
1/36, 5/36, 5/6, or 1/6?
What do you think? Take the probability of getting six on one toss, and raise it to the power of the number of tosses, two.
1/36
1/2
To find the probability of obtaining two "sixes" when throwing a fair die twice, we need to divide the number of favorable outcomes by the total number of possible outcomes.
In this case, there is only 1 favorable outcome, which is rolling a "six" on both throws of the die. And since each throw has 6 possible outcomes (numbers 1 to 6), the total number of possible outcomes is 6 times 6, which is 36.
Therefore, the probability of obtaining two "sixes" is 1 favorable outcome out of 36 possible outcomes.
So, the correct answer is 1/36.