document.write( "Question 865097: Two fair dice are tossed. Find the odds against the sum being less than 4. \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #521507 by Edwin McCravy(20060) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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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( "The red dice rolls ARE less than 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The blue ones are NOT less than 4.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Since it's odds AGAINST, count the blue ones first.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 33 of them. So we write that number first\r\n" );
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document.write( "33\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then after the 33 we put either a colon \":\" or else the word \"to\".\r\n" );
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document.write( "33:   or  33 to\r\n" );
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document.write( "Next we count the red ones.\r\n" );
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document.write( "There are 3 of them.  So we write the number 3 after the colon or the\r\n" );
document.write( "word \"to\":\r\n" );
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document.write( "33:3   or  33 to 3.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now since you can divide both the 33 and the 3 by 3, you can write those\r\n" );
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document.write( "11:1   or  11 to 1.\r\n" );
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