SOLUTION: two dice are thrown, the probability that the number on the red exceeds the number showing on the green by exactly two is a) 1/18 b) 1/4 c) 1/9 d)1/36 e) 1/24

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Question 208632: two dice are thrown, the probability that the number on the red exceeds the number showing on the green by exactly two is
a) 1/18 b) 1/4 c) 1/9 d)1/36 e) 1/24

Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two dice are thrown, the probability that the number on the red exceeds the number showing on the green by exactly two is
a) 1/18 b) 1/4 c) 1/9 d)1/36 e) 1/24
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# of possible outcomes with two dice: 36
patterns with red exceeding green by 2:1;4,2;5,3;6,
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Probability is 4/36 = 1/9
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Stan H.
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Two dice are thrown, the probability that the number on the red exceeds the number showing on the green by exactly two is
a) 1/18 b) 1/4 c) 1/9 d)1/36 e) 1/24

Here are all the possible rolls with a 
red die and a green die:

(1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)
 
(2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6) 

(3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)
 
(4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)
 
(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)
 
(6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6) 

There are 36 possible rolls.  Now I 
will underline just those in which 
the number on the red exceeds the 
number showing on the green by exactly 
two:

(1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)
 
(2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6) 

(3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6)
 
(4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6)
 
(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6)
 
(6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

There are 36 possible rolls.  So 
there are 4 possible rolls out of
the 36 which have that property.

Therefore the probability is  
which reduces to 

Edwin










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