SOLUTION: you roll two 6-sided number cubes. what are the chances the sum of the roll will be 7?

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Question 1007229: you roll two 6-sided number cubes. what are the chances the sum of the roll will be 7?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are six possible ways to get a total of seven:
1-6
2-5
3-4
4-3
5-2
6-1
out of thirty-six possible ways. Thus the odds of rolling a seven are
6/36 or 1/6.