document.write( "Question 1087950: A pair of dice is tossed. Find the probability of scoring '7' points? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #702358 by Edwin McCravy(20055)\"\" \"About 
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document.write( "Here are all possible rolls.\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1,1)  (1,2)   (1,3)  (1,4)   (1,5)  (1,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2,1)  (2,2)   (2,3)  (2,4)   (2,5)  (2,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3,1)  (3,2)   (3,3)  (3,4)   (3,5)  (3,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(4,1)  (4,2)   (4,3)  (4,4)   (4,5)  (4,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(5,1)  (5,2)   (5,3)  (5,4)   (5,5)  (5,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(6,1)  (6,2)   (6,3)  (6,4)   (6,5)  (6,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1)  Count them.  How many are there? ____\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now I will color the ones red for which the sum\r\n" );
document.write( "of the two numbers is 7:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(1,1)  (1,2)   (1,3)  (1,4)   (1,5)  (1,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2,1)  (2,2)   (2,3)  (2,4)   (2,5)  (2,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3,1)  (3,2)   (3,3)  (3,4)   (3,5)  (3,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(4,1)  (4,2)   (4,3)  (4,4)   (4,5)  (4,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(5,1)  (5,2)   (5,3)  (5,4)   (5,5)  (5,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(6,1)  (6,2)   (6,3)  (6,4)   (6,5)  (6,6)\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2)  Count the red ones.  How many are there?  ___\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make a fraction with the answer to (2) as the numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "and the answer to (1) as the denominator.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then reduce that fraction to lowest terms.\r\n" );
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document.write( "That fraction is the probability that you're looking for.\r\n" );
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