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a six sided die is rolled 4 times in a row. What is the probability of getting 4 only on the last trial of this experiment?

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First, start of by saying what the probability of getting a 4 is, which is 1/6.
Now, this means the probability of not getting a 4 is 1-(1/6)=(5/6), since the total probability is 1.

After doing this, you should think about what it means to only get 4 on the last trial, the 4th trial.  It means that the probabilities of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trial were (5/6) each.  The 4th trial had a probability of (1/6).  So the probability would be calculated as following: ([tex](5/6)^3*(1/6)[/tex]=[tex]5^3/6^4[/tex].  You can use a calculator or your computer to find out that the probability is 125/1296.  

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