SOLUTION: If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability of the sum being at least 10?

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Question 479014: If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability of the sum being at least 10?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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If two fair dice are rolled, what is the probability
of the sum being at least 10?
Ways to get 10: 4/6 ;5/5 ;6/4
Ways to get 11: 5/6 ; 6/5
Ways to get 12: 6/6
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P(sum >= 10) = 6/36 = 1/6
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cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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It's those 6 rolls that are colored red out of the
total 36 rolls, that's 6%2F36 which reduces to 1%2F6.

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