2003 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 12

Problem

When a fair six-sided dice is tossed on a table top, the bottom face cannot be seen. What is the probability that the product of the faces than can be seen is divisible by $6$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 1/3\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 1/2\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 2/3\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5/6\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1$

Solution

All the possibilities where 6 is on any of the five sides is always divisible by six, and 1*2*3*4*5 is divisible by 6 since 2*3 is equal to six. So, the answer is $\textbf{(E)}1$ because the outcome is always divisible by 6.

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