document.write( "Question 1119674: Two fair dice are thrown together once. What is the probability that the sum of the outcome is at most ten. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "In all, there are 6*6 = 36 different outcomes (pairs of the dice values).\r\n" );
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document.write( "They all are equally probable.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Of these 36, there are only 3 (three), where the sum is greater than 10.\r\n" );
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document.write( "These 3 are  (5,6), (6,5) and (6,6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "For the rest of 36 - 3 = 33 pairs the sum is at most 10.\r\n" );
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