SOLUTION: when 2 dice are rolled, find the probability of getting a sum of 6 or 7

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Question 1176086: when 2 dice are rolled, find the probability of getting a sum of 6 or 7
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The outcomes that give the sum of 6 are

    (1,5), (2,4), (3,3), (4,2), (5,1) - in all, 5 outcomes.



The outcomes that give the sum of 7 are

    (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), (6,1) - in all, 6 outcomes.



Thus, there are 5+6 = 11 favorable outcomes among 36 possible outcomes.


The probability to get the desired sum is  11%2F36.    ANSWER

Solved.

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