SOLUTION: Two dice are rolled one after the other. Construct a sample space and determine the probability that the sum of the dots on the dice total 7 if the first die is a 4.

SOLUTION: Two dice are rolled one after the other. Construct a sample space and determine the probability that the sum of the dots on the dice total 7 if the first die is a 4.

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Question 1186893: Two dice are rolled one after the other. Construct a sample space and determine the probability that the sum of the dots on the dice total 7 if the first die is a 4.
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It is a 36 member sample space with a 6 x 6 matrix.
if the first die is 4, the second die has to be 3 to make 7, and that is a 1/6 probability since independent rolls.
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