A cube has its sides painted in 3 different colors. If you randomly select a cube, what is the probability that a randomly chosen face is painted red, given that 4 faces are red?
Category: Math · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the total number of faces and the number of colored faces.
Answer
2/3
Explanation
There are 6 faces total, 4 are red, so the probability is 4/6 = 2/3.
This is a expert math riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is 2/3.
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