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What is the probability of having the sum of 12 when two dice are tossed?
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document.write( "Here are the sample space, the 36 ways two dice can fall:\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚀⚀   ⚀⚁   ⚀⚂   ⚀⚃   ⚀⚄  ⚀⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚁⚀   ⚁⚁   ⚁⚂   ⚁⚃   ⚁⚄  ⚁⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚂⚀   ⚂⚁   ⚂⚂   ⚂⚃   ⚂⚄  ⚂⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚃⚀   ⚃⚁   ⚃⚂   ⚃⚃   ⚃⚄  ⚃⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚄⚀   ⚄⚁   ⚄⚂   ⚄⚃   ⚄⚄  ⚄⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "⚅⚀   ⚅⚁   ⚅⚂   ⚅⚃   ⚅⚄  ⚅⚅\r\n" );
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document.write( "See the one I colored red at the bottom right?  It's the only \r\n" );
document.write( "one of the 36 that has sum 12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore the probability of getting that one I've colored\r\n" );
document.write( "red is 1 way out of 36, or \r\n" );
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