document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1100704>Question 1100704</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the probability of not rolling a sum of 10 with two fair&#8203; dice? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I'm assuming each die has 6 sides (labeled 1 through 6). \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's make one die be red and the other be blue.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Make a table of all the possible sums that we can make (sums are in black ink)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 6*6 = 36 sums in the table. Of which, there are 3 copies of 10 (formed by 4+6=10,5+5=10,6+4=10). So that makes 36-3 = 33 copies that are not a sum of 10. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Divide the number of copies that aren't ten (33) over the total number of sums (36) to get <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=33%2F36+=+11%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"33%2F36+=+11%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >. Don't forget to reduce as much as possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The answer as a fraction is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If you need the answer in decimal form, then use a calculator to get this approximate result <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=11%2F12=0.9167 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"11%2F12=0.9167\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (rounded to 4 decimal places)<BR>\n" );
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