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A die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting an odd number?

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

Let E be the event of getting a prime number


The favorable events are: 1, 3, 5


Number of favorable events = 3


P (odd number) = P (E) = 3/6 =1/2


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