document.write( "Question 1088609: In a single throw of a pair of dice, what is the probability that the obtaining a total of 9? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #702891 by Edwin McCravy(20054)\"\" \"About 
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Question 1087950
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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( "(Question 1)  Count them ALL.  How many are there? ____\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now I will color red ONLY the ones for which the total\r\n" );
document.write( "of the two numbers is 9:\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( "(Question 2)  Count ONLY the red ones.  How many are there?  ___\r\n" );
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document.write( "Make a fraction with the answer to (Question 2) as the numerator\r\n" );
document.write( "and the answer to (Question 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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