document.write( "Question 574831: Two fair 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability the sum of the two numbers on the dice is 3? \n" ); document.write( "

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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( "Above are the 36 ways the two dice can fall.  Those two \r\n" );
document.write( "I have colored red are the only ones that have sum 3.  \r\n" );
document.write( "That's 2 out of 36, so the probability is  which\r\n" );
document.write( "reduces to .\r\n" );
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