Two different six-sided fair die are rolled. The sum of these two dice will determine the diameter of a circle.
The probability that the value of the circle's area is less than the value of the circle's circumference can be represented as where and are coprime positive integers. What is ?
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To have the area of the circle be less than the circumference, we must have π ( 2 d ) 2 < π d where d is the circle's diameter.
Solving for d , we get d < 4 .
Since d is the sum of two dice, the only possible values of d are 2 and 3.
To roll a sum of 2: you must roll two 1’s. 6 1 × 6 1 = 3 6 1
To roll a sum of 3: you must roll one 1 and one 2. There are two different ways to do this. 2 × 6 1 × 6 1 = 3 6 2
Add these up to get the final answer. 3 6 1 + 3 6 2 = 3 6 3 = 1 2 1
1 + 1 2 = 1 3 .
The answer is 1 3 .