Suppose that a six-sided die is weighted so that any even-numbered face is four times as likely to land face up as any odd-numbered face. (a) What are the probabilities of the six simple events? (Hint: Denote these events by O1,   , O6. Then P(O1) = p, P(O2) = 4p, P(O3) = p, P(O6)= 4p.  Now use a condition on the sum of these probabilities to determine p. Answer as an exact fraction or round your answers to three decimal places.) P(O1)=  P(O2)=  P(O3)=  P(O4)=

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Suppose that a six-sided die is weighted so that any even-numbered face is four times as likely to land face up as any odd-numbered face.
(a)
What are the probabilities of the six simple events? (Hint: Denote these events by O1,   , O6. Then P(O1) = p, P(O2) = 4p, P(O3) = p, P(O6)= 4p.
 Now use a condition on the sum of these probabilities to determine p. Answer as an exact fraction or round your answers to three decimal places.)
P(O1)= 
P(O2)= 
P(O3)= 
P(O4)= 
P(O5)= 
P(O6)= 
(b)
What is the probability that the number showing is an even number? (Give the answer to three decimal places.)
 
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