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Problem
When a fair six-sided dice is tossed on a table top, the bottom face cannot be seen. What is the probability that the product of the faces than can be seen is divisible by 
?
Solution
All the possibilities where is on any of the five sides is always divisible by six, and 
is divisible by since 
. So, the answer is 
because the outcome is always divisible by .
See Also
| 2003 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 11 |
Followed by Problem 13 | |
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| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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