SOLUTION: Let X denote the random variable that gives the sum of the faces that fall uppermost when two fair dice are rolled. Find P(X = 4). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)

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Question 524116: Let X denote the random variable that gives the sum of the faces that fall uppermost when two fair dice are rolled. Find P(X = 4). (Round your answer to two decimal places.)
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The probability of an event is the number of ways that the event can occur successfully divided by the total number of ways that it can occur at all.

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Sum Ways # of Ways
21,11
31,2; 2,12
41,3; 2,2; 3,13
51,4; 2,3; 3,2; 4,14
61,5; 2,4; 3,3; 4,2; 5,15
71,6; 2,5; 3,4; 4,3; 5,2; 6,16
82,6; 3,5; 4,4; 5,3; 6,25
93,6; 4,5; 5,4; 6,34
104,6; 5,5; 6,43
115,6; 6,52
126,61


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