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?
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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

It's those 6 rolls that are colored red out of the
total 36 rolls, that's  which reduces to .

⚀⚀   ⚀⚁   ⚀⚂   ⚀⚃   ⚀⚄  ⚀⚅

⚁⚀   ⚁⚁   ⚁⚂   ⚁⚃   ⚁⚄  ⚁⚅

⚂⚀   ⚂⚁   ⚂⚂   ⚂⚃   ⚂⚄  ⚂⚅

⚃⚀   ⚃⚁   ⚃⚂   ⚃⚃   ⚃⚄  ⚃⚅

⚄⚀   ⚄⚁   ⚄⚂   ⚄⚃   ⚄⚄  ⚄⚅

⚅⚀   ⚅⚁   ⚅⚂   ⚅⚃   ⚅⚄  ⚅⚅


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