SOLUTION: Two dice are rolled. Find the odds that the score is 2.

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Question 1070420: Two dice are rolled. Find the odds that the score is 2.
Found 2 solutions by Boreal, Alan3354:
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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The odds are 1:35
The probability is 1/36.
There is only 1 way out of 36 this may happen.

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two dice are rolled. Find the odds that the score is 2.
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Only 1 way for that to happen.
Both are 1.
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(1/6)*(1/6) = 1/36
That's the probability.
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1 way to get 2, 35 ways to get not 2.
--> odds of 1 in 35