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Question 292344: two six-sided dice are rolled. find the probability of the given event. 35. the sum is not three.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
two six-sided dice are rolled. find the probability of the given event.
P(the sum is not three)= 1 - P(sum is three)
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There are only 2 ways to have a sum of 3: 1,2 and 2,1
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= 1 - (2/36)
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= 34/36
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= 17/18
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