document.write( "Question 1186228: Two dice are thrown together once. Find the probability of obtaining:
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document.write( "(1)  In all, there are  6*6 = 36  different possible otcomes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     They are all the pair of integer numbers (a,b), where \"a\" and \"b\" are from 1 to 6 inclusive.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of these 36 pairs, the favorable are three outcomes (1,6), (3,6), (5,6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "     So, the probability is   =  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(2)  Again, I will not repeat about 36 total outcomes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The favorable are 4 pairs (a,b), where a = 5 or 6  and b = 5 or 6, independtently.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability is   = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "(3)  Again, there 36 total outcomes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     Of them, there are 4 favorable with the sum of  9  (they are the pairs (3,6), (4,5), (5,4), (6,3))\r\n" );
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document.write( "                    and 2 favorable with the sum of 11  (they are the pairs (5,6) and (6,5)).\r\n" );
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document.write( "     In all, there are 4 + 2 = 6 favorable outcomes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "     The probability is   = .\r\n" );
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