SOLUTION: A pair of dice are tossed. Find the probability that the sum on the two dice is 8, given that the sum is even.
Is there any way to do this other than listing out all the combina
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Question 819922: A pair of dice are tossed. Find the probability that the sum on the two dice is 8, given that the sum is even.
Is there any way to do this other than listing out all the combinations and figuring it out that way?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A pair of dice are tossed. Find the probability that the sum on the two dice is 8, given that the sum is even.
Is there any way to do this other than listing out all the combinations and figuring it out that way?
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P(sum = 8 |sum is even) = P(sum=8 AND sumis even)/P(sum is even)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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