Because MATH, that's why.

[theweaselking]

You roll two fair 6-sided dice.

One of them is a 6.

What are the odds that the other is also a six?

[Poll #1770498]

Comments

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

1/6 because the die that came up six is loaded and always comes up 6.

Problem?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

This is like the "100%, because I am actually Agent Michael Scarn of the FBI, and I have a gun!", right?

[fridgepunk.livejournal.com]

As a more serious comment, if you had rolled three die, and one came up 6, the probability that the other two die came up 6 is 1/17 isn't it?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Rolling three dice, there are 91 ways to get at least one six, and only one of those is three sixes.

So you're looking at, given that at least one is six, a 1/91 shot at all three being six.