SOLUTION: if two fair dice are rolled find the probability that the sum of the dice is 5 given that the sun is greater than 4

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Question 1170946: if two fair dice are rolled find the probability that the sum of the dice is 5 given that the sun is greater than 4
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There are a total of 36 combinations. Of these, only the combinations
1,1 1,2 1,3 2,1 2,2 and 3,1 total less than 5. Thus the probability of a
sum greater than 4 = 30/36 = 5/6