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Probability of 2 dice hitting a certain number exactly using as many rolls as you want?

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You roll 2 dice at a time. What is the probability of getting exactly n, where n is large, using as many rolls as you want?

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  1. The probability of getting exactly n, where n is large, using as many rolls of two dice as needed is 0.142857'

    (Where an apostrophe denotes repetition of the digits between the apostrophe and the decimal point).

    Proof:

    It should be clear that the probability of getting any large number is equal (i.e. the distribution becomes uniform as n increases).  Since, on average, rolling two dice will advance seven spaces, the probability of getting any one number is 1/7 or 0.142857'

    Test:

    Using a small C++ program (TwoDiceOneNumber.cpp), data collected confirmed that the probability was indeed 1/7.

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