SOLUTION: You are playing a game that uses two fair number cubes. If the total on the number cubes is either 11 or 2 on your next turn, you win the game. What is the probability of winning o

Question 1071687: You are playing a game that uses two fair number cubes. If the total on the number cubes is either 11 or 2 on your next turn, you win the game. What is the probability of winning on your next turn? Express your answer as a percent. If necessary, round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, Boreal:
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are 36 possible rolls.
Rolling a 2: one possible outcomes (1,1)
Rolling an 11: two possible outcomes (5,6)(6,5)
So there are three possible outcomes out of 36,

Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The probability of a 11 is 2/36 and a 2 1/36. The combined is 3/36 or 1/12 or 0.083333, or 8.3% to the nearest tenth.
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