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Question 1011679: two fair or unbiased, dice are tossed. what is the probability that the sum of the two dice is 7 ?
i have no idea :(


Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 36 possible outcomes, 6 from each
The ones that make up 7 are
1/6
2/5
3/4
4/3
5/2
6/1
That is 6 of 36 outcomes or 1/6 chance.

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