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counting and probability senior

Problem

Kayla rolls four fair -sided dice. What is the probability that at least one of the numbers Kayla rolls is greater than and at least two of the numbers she rolls are greater than ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
We will subtract from one the probability that the first condition is violated and the probability that only the second condition is violated, being careful not to double-count the probability that both conditions are violated. For the first condition to be violated, all four dice must read or less, which happens with probability . For the first condition to be met but the second condition to be violated, at least one of the dice must read greater than , but less than two of the dice can read greater than . Therefore, one of the four die must read or , while the remaining three dice must read or less, which happens with probability . Therefore, the overall probability of meeting both conditions is .
Final answer
D