document.write( "Question 393076: Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is bigger than 5 or that at least one of the dice shows an odd number? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #279021 by Edwin McCravy(20056)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "There are 36 possible rolls.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Any roll in which one of them is a 4 or more will have\r\n" ); document.write( "a sum greater than 5.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Any roll in which one of them is a 1 or 3 will show an \r\n" ); document.write( "odd number.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "Therefore there is only one possible roll that doesn't \r\n" ); document.write( "meet either condition.\r\n" ); document.write( "\r\n" ); document.write( "That one possible roll is when both are 2's. So 35 \r\n" ); document.write( "out of the 36 meet one of the two conditions. So the \r\n" ); document.write( "desired probability is\n" ); document.write( " |