SOLUTION: If you roll two six-sided dice, what is the probability that the sum is 6 or 7? Your answer should be a decimal between 0 and 1 rounded to no less than two decimal places.

Question 528338: If you roll two six-sided dice, what is the probability that the sum is 6 or 7? Your answer should be a decimal between 0 and 1 rounded to no less than two decimal places.

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



⚀⚀   ⚀⚁   ⚀⚂   ⚀⚃   ⚀⚄  ⚀⚅

⚁⚀   ⚁⚁   ⚁⚂   ⚁⚃   ⚁⚄  ⚁⚅

⚂⚀   ⚂⚁   ⚂⚂   ⚂⚃   ⚂⚄  ⚂⚅

⚃⚀   ⚃⚁   ⚃⚂   ⚃⚃   ⚃⚄  ⚃⚅

⚄⚀   ⚄⚁   ⚄⚂   ⚄⚃   ⚄⚄  ⚄⚅

⚅⚀   ⚅⚁   ⚅⚂   ⚅⚃   ⚅⚄  ⚅⚅

All the rolls that have sum 6 or 7 are colored red.
If you count them there are 11 red ones out of 36 rolls.
So the probability is 11 out of 36 or  or .30555555555555...,

Rounded to two decimal places .31
Rounded to three decimal places .306
Rounded to four decimal places .3056





Edwin

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