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Old 2008 February 20th, 08:06 AM   #4 (permalink)
gmatfundoo
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Yes you need to consider them as separate, since two 5's can be obtained on any of the three dice, and would hence increase the probability.

The answer IMO is 1/24 as explained below (Kindly confirm if this is the OA)

For getting a product divisible by 25, we need a 5 on atleast two of the three dice

So probability of getting a product divisible by 25 is 1/6 *1/6 *3 = 1/12
{We need to multiply by three since there are three ways of getting a 5 on atleast two of the three die namely, (1st 2nd) (1st 3rd ) (3rd 1st)}

Probability of getting an odd multiple is half of 1/12, which is 1/24 (since there is an equal probability of getting an even multiple and odd multiple, because there are an equal no. of odd and even numbers between 1 and 6)

So answer is 1/24.

Alternatively, Probability of getting 5 on two die and an odd number on the third die

= 1/6 *16* ½ *3 = 1/24 ( Multiplied by 3 for the same reason as mentioned above)
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