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| Question 191806:  Nonstandard dice can produce interesting distributions of outcomes. You have two balanced,
 six-sided dice. One is a standard dice, with faces having 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 spots. The other die
 has three faces with 0 spots and three faces with 6 spots. Find the probability distribution
 for the total number of spots Y on the up-faces when you roll these two dice.
 
 Answer by stanbon(75887)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Nonstandard dice can produce interesting distributions of outcomes. You have two balanced, six-sided dice. One is a standard dice, with faces having 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 spots. The other die has three faces with 0 spots and three faces with 6 spots.
 Find the probability distribution for the total number of spots Y on the up-faces when you roll these two dice.
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 Sample Space:
 1 with a 0 ; 3 times : spots = 1
 2 with a 0 ; 3 times:  spots = 2
 3 with a 0 ; 3 times : spots = 3
 etc,
 1 with a 6 ; 3 times : spots = 7
 2 with a 6 ; 3 times : spots = 8
 3 with a 6 ; 3 times : spots = 9
 etc
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 Spots distribution
 3 each of 1,2,...6
 3 each of 7,8,...12
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 spots/probability
 1 / 3/36
 2 / 3/36
 3 / 3/36
 etc
 7 / 3/36
 8 / 3/36
 9 / 3/36
 etc
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 Cheers,
 Stan H.
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