SOLUTION: A pair of dice are tossed twice. Find the probability that the first roll is a total of at least 8 and the second roll is a total of at least 5. I know that: #of favorable ou

Question 1059276: A pair of dice are tossed twice.
Find the probability that the first roll is a total of at least 8 and the second roll is a total of at least 5.
I know that:
#of favorable outcomes/total # of possible outcomes
I know that at least 8 would be 5/36
I know that at least 5 would be 4/36

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The answer you gave was for exactly 8 and exactly 5 but the problem says at least 8 and at least 5.
At least means 8 or more and 5 or more.
So look at the total from 8 to 12 for the first one and from 5 to 12 for the second one.
At least 8 or 8-12:

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At least 5 or 5-12:

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