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A child has a die whose six faces show the letters as given below:


The die is thrown once. What is the probability of getting (i) A? (ii) D?

Total number of possible outcomes on the dice = 6

(i) Total number of faces having A on it = 2


P (getting A) =


=


=


(ii) Total number of faces having D on it = 1


P (getting D) =


=


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