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document.write( "An ordinary (fair) die is a cube with the numbers 1 through 6 on the sides (represented by painted spots). Imagine that such a die is rolled twice in succession and that the face values of the two rolls are added together. This sum is recorded as the outcome of a single trial of a random experiment.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Compute the probability of each of the following events: \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Event A : The sum is greater than 7 .<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Event B: The sum is divisible by 2. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Write your answers as exact fractions.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #84418 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><B>solver91311(24713)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=solver91311><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=solver91311><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=84418\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Since there are six numbers on each die, there are 6 X 6 = 36 total different results when you roll two dice -- which is the same thing as rolling one die twice in succession.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There is exactly 1 way to get a total of 2:  1 and 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are two ways to get 3: 1 and 2, 2 and 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There are three ways to get 4: 1 and 3, 3 and 1, 2 and 2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "four ways to get 5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "five ways to get 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "six ways to get 7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "five ways to get 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "four ways to get 9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "three ways to get 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "two ways to get 11<BR>\n" );
document.write( "one way to get 12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the sum to be greater than 7, it must be 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 and there are 5 plus 4 plus 3 plus 2 plus 1 ways to get those numbers out of the total of 36.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "For the total to be even, you have to get a result of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12, and there are 1 plus 3 plus 5 plus 5 plus 3 plus 1 ways to get these results out of the total of 36 possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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