SOLUTION: Two regular, fair dice are rolled and the sum of the dots on the upper faces is recorded. What is the probability that the sum is divisible by 4?

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Question 1060656: Two regular, fair dice are rolled and the sum of the dots on the upper faces is recorded. What is the probability that the sum is divisible by 4?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here are all possible rolls, the only sums of rolls divisible by 4
are 4, 8, and 12. The rolls with those sums are colored red below:

(1,1) (1,2) (1,3) (1,4) (1,5) (1,6)
(2,1) (2,2) (2,3) (2,4) (2,5) (2,6) 
(3,1) (3,2) (3,3) (3,4) (3,5) (3,6) 
(4,1) (4,2) (4,3) (4,4) (4,5) (4,6) 
(5,1) (5,2) (5,3) (5,4) (5,5) (5,6) 
(6,1) (6,2) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (6,6)

1. Count the red ones.  That will be the numerator.
2. Count them all, red or black.  That will be the denominator.
3. Reduce the fraction, if it can be reduced. 

Edwin



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