SOLUTION: a pair of 24-sided dice are rolled (the sides are numbered 1-24). What is the probability that the sum is 17 or exactly one of the dice is a 5 (or both)?

Question 867478: a pair of 24-sided dice are rolled (the sides are numbered 1-24).

What is the probability that the sum is 17 or exactly one of the dice is a 5 (or both)?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are or possible outcomes.
There are sums of . (1,16) (2,15), ...., (15,2), (16,1)
There are or one for each (5,X) pair and one for each (Y,5) pair (not including Y=5).
So,

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