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Question 369910: Two fair dice are rolled together. The probability that the sum rolled is greater than 8 is:
Thank You very much!

Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Look at the possible outcomes.
There are 36 of them (6^2).
Look at the outcomes where the sum is greater than 8.
(3,6)
(4,5)
(4,6)
(5,4)
(5,5)
(5,6)
(6,3)
(6,4)
(6,5)
(6,6)
There are 10 of those.


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