Platonic Dice
June 16, 2012
An unbiased single 4-sided die is thrown and its value, T, is noted.T unbiased 6-sided dice are thrown and their scores are added together. The sum, C, is noted.C unbiased 8-sided dice are thrown and their scores are added together. The sum, O, is noted.O unbiased 12-sided dice are thrown and their scores are added together. The sum, D, is noted.D unbiased 20-sided dice are thrown and their scores are added together. The sum, I, is noted. Find the variance of I, and give your answer rounded to 4 decimal places.
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