SOLUTION: please help!!!! Using the 36 possibilities in the product table for rolling two fair dice, find the odds of rolling each sum: odds of not a sum of 6.

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Using the 36 possibilities in the product table for rolling two fair dice, find the odds of rolling each sum: odds of not a sum of 6.

Answer by ewatrrr(24785)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
 
Hi,
P(not a sum of 6) = 31/36
Odds of not a sum of 6 are 31:5
___1_2_3__4__5__6
1|_2_3_4__5__6__7
2|_3_4_5__6__7__8
3|_4_5_6__7__8__9
4|_5_6_7__8__9_10
5|_6_7_8__9_10_11
6|_7_8_9_10_11_12

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