Question 1134701: Two dice are rolled. Find the probability of getting doubles or a sum of 2.
Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! When two six sided dice are rolled, there are 36 possible outcomes
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There are 6 ways to get doubles and one way to get a sum of 2
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(1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,6)
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(1,1)
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Therefore we have,
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Counting doubles, we must exclude (1,1) to avoid counting it twice
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1/36 + 1/36 + 1/36 +1/36 + 1/36 = 5/36
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Then we count (1,1) once since it is the only way to get a sum of 2
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1/36
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The probability of getting doubles or a sum of 2 = 5/36 + 1/36 = 6/36 = 1/6
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