Experiment     

O.K., open the dice-rolling simulation window  again.   If it disappears while you're entering answers, you can bring it back to the front using the ALT & TAB keys together.


Run the simulation of two dice, with 10,000 rolls.

What sum occurs most frequently?

What sums occurs least often?



Run the simulation again with three dice, and do several rolls of 10,000.

What sums occurs least frequently?



Run the simulation again with five dice, and do several rolls of 10,000.

What sums occurs least frequently?

What sums appear to occur most often?

When rolling five dice, a sum of 5 should be possible.
Explain why you probably didn't see any results for a sum of five.

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