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Odds of rolling a 7 with a weighted die (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Its 1/6 to roll a 7 with two 6-sided dice. You can get weighted dice that make it more likely to land on a certain number.

Does having one weighted dice change the odds at all? My gut says no but reality is a tricky bitch and I'm convinced im wrong somehow.

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[–] 32 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

If your goal is to roll a 7, then no, weighting one die doesn't help, because it doesn't matter which side comes up in the weighted die.

(Another way to look at it is that you can place 1 die on whatever side you like, then roll the 2nd die: you still have a 1/6 chance of rolling a combined 7).

However that is only the case for a 7, because you can roll a 7 with any combination of the first die (and a particular value in the 2nd). If your goal is to roll a 12, then weighting one die towards 6 will affect the odds, because you need a 6 on that first die to roll a 12; any other outcome makes it impossible.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I mean you can get dice weighted differently so you almost always get a 6 and a 1 for example.

    There’s no point in weighing one die. The odds are the same as not weighing any die

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