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A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting a prime number?

Total numbers of elementary events are: 6 being a dice having six faces

Let E be the event of getting a prime number


Total favorable outcomes are: 1, 2, 3, 5


Total number of favorable events = 4


P (prime number) = P (E) = 4/6 = 2/3


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