document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1071563>Question 1071563</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two fair dice are rolled. Find the odds for rolling a sum of 10. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now find the odds against rolling a sum of 10. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(I am unsure how to mathematically do this, a step by step explanation would be greatly appreciated to help me on the rest of my homework!) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #686474 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=686474\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> There are 36 outcomes, 6 from each die, and they are independent.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Of those 36, 3 are 10 (5-5,6-4,4-6)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The probability of a 10 is the number of times it is rolled/number of possibilities<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is 3/36 or 1/12.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The odds is the ratio of the number of successes over the number of failures, and that is 3/33 or 1/11.  Probability is constrained between 0 and 1; odds between 0 and infinity.<BR>\n" );
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