SOLUTION: Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is bigger than 5 or that at least one of the dice shows an odd number?

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Question 393076: Two dice are rolled. What is the probability that the sum of the dice is bigger than 5 or that at least one of the dice shows an odd number?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 36 possible rolls.

Any roll in which one of them is a 4 or more will have
a sum greater than 5.

Any roll in which one of them is a 1 or 3 will show an 
odd number.

Therefore there is only one possible roll that doesn't 
meet either condition.

That one possible roll is when both are 2's.   So 35 
out of the 36 meet one of the two conditions. So the 
desired probability is 35%2F36

Edwin