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counting and probability senior

Problem

4 12-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the number of dice showing a two digit number is equal to the number of dice showing a one digit number? Express your answer as a common fraction. (Assume that the numbers on the 12 sides are the numbers from 1 to 12 expressed in decimal.)
Solution
Since 9 out of the 12 possible results are one digit numbers, each die will show a one digit number with probability of and a two digit number with probability of . The probability that two particular dice will show 2 two digit numbers and 2 one digit numbers is thus . There are ways to select which two dice will show one digit numbers, so we multiply to get the probability that we want: .
Final answer
\dfrac{27}{128}