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Question 441798: Two dice are rolled. What is the probability the sum of numbers rolled on the dice are less than or equal to 3? Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Two dice are rolled. What is the probability the sum of numbers rolled on the dice are less than or equal to 3?
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Most two dice problems can be answered if you will
sketch the 6x6 sample space of sums:
You get a pattern like:
234567
345678
456789
....
...
789101112
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These are the possible sums of faces of the 2 dice.
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Your Problem:
There are 36 possible outcomes.
Three of them are <=3.
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Ans: 3/36 = 1/12
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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