SOLUTION: Q.1 one fair black die and one fair white die are rolled. use the sample space answer the following questions- What is the probability that : a) The sum of the two dice is 9? b)

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Question 1058683: Q.1 one fair black die and one fair white die are rolled. use the sample space answer the following questions-
What is the probability that :
a) The sum of the two dice is 9?
b) that the white die is two less than the black die and the sum of two dice is at least 8?

Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The sum of two dice is 9
sum of 7 is 6/36
sum of 8 is 5/36
sum of 9 is 4/36, 2 3-1 and 1 2-2 ANSWER
There are 26 possibilities
For 8, black 5 white 3, black 6, white 2
For 9, black 6, white 3
For 10, black 6, white 4
no others
Probability is 1/9 or 4/36. ANSWER