SOLUTION: Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is not greater than 5. Please help me

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Question 481063: Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is not greater than 5.
Please help me

Answer by robertb(5830) About Me  (Show Source):
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There are 10 possible outcomes:
(1,1)
(1,2), (2,1)
(1,3), (2,2), (3,1)
(1,4), (2,3), (3,2), (4,1)
Hence the probability is 10/36, or 5/18.