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Three dice are thrown together. Find the probability of getting a total of at least 6.

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`6*6*6=216`
`P_1=1-P`
`{(1,1,1),(1,1,2),(1,2,1),(2,1,1),(1,2,2),(2,2,1),(2,1,2),(1,1,3),(3,1,1),(1,3,1)}`
P(sum<6)=10/216
P(sum>6)=1-P(sum <6)
`=1-10/216=206/216=103/108`.
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