One or more options correct
A fair die is rolled three times. Let and denote the largest and the smallest of the three numbers obtained. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
- A.
- B.
- C. Given that the three numbers are all different, the probability that is
- D.
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Answer: A, B, C
There are equally likely outcomes. (A) , true. (B) , true. (C) Conditioned on all three numbers being different there are outcomes; those with maximum use together with two distinct numbers from , giving outcomes, so the probability is , true. (D) , which is not , so false. All three true statements were also confirmed by listing the triples. Each of the four statements is therefore decided independently by counting favourable triples among the 216, and the keyed options A, B and C are exactly the true ones, with D failing because .
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