Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Three fair dice are thrown together, so there are equally likely ordered outcomes. Find the number of outcomes in which the total is and the number in which the total is . Then find the probability that the total is at most , as a decimal to four places. Use the list of the ways to get each total, and check it against the outcomes.
With two dice, a total of has ways out of . With three dice the ways for the totals to are out of . Exactly successes in trials is counted by choosing their places: . For at least one, use the complement.
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. Total 10. The ways for the totals to are . The total is the eighth entry, so it has ways. To check it, count with : .
Step 2. Total 13. By symmetry the total has the same ways as the total , which is . Check: .
Step 3. At most 6. The totals , , and have , , and ways, so outcomes. The probability is .
Answer: ways, ways and .
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