SOLUTION: You roll a red number cube and a blue number cube. Find each probability. P(red and blue equal)

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Question 108299This question is from textbook Prentice hall mathematics Algegra I
: You roll a red number cube and a blue number cube. Find each probability. P(red and blue equal) This question is from textbook Prentice hall mathematics Algegra I

Answer by wgunther(43) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 6 ways to role a die. So there are 6*6 or 36 ways to role two dice. There are 6 ways they can be equal (red and blue die are 1, red and blue die are 2, etc), so the probability is 6 divided by 36, or 1/6.