Problem: Three fair dice are tossed at random (i.e., all faces have the same probability of coming up). What is the probability that the three numbers turned up can be arranged to form an arithmetic progression with common difference one?
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Solution:
The successful outcomes of the toss are the permutations of , . The probability that one of these outcomes will occur is .