SOLUTION: What is the probability of having the sum of 12 when two dice are tossed?

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Question 487397:
What is the probability of having the sum of 12 when two dice are tossed?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
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What is the probability of having the sum of 12 when two dice are tossed?
Here are the sample space, the 36 ways two dice can fall:

⚀⚀   ⚀⚁   ⚀⚂   ⚀⚃   ⚀⚄  ⚀⚅

⚁⚀   ⚁⚁   ⚁⚂   ⚁⚃   ⚁⚄  ⚁⚅

⚂⚀   ⚂⚁   ⚂⚂   ⚂⚃   ⚂⚄  ⚂⚅

⚃⚀   ⚃⚁   ⚃⚂   ⚃⚃   ⚃⚄  ⚃⚅

⚄⚀   ⚄⚁   ⚄⚂   ⚄⚃   ⚄⚄  ⚄⚅

⚅⚀   ⚅⚁   ⚅⚂   ⚅⚃   ⚅⚄  ⚅⚅

See the one I colored red at the bottom right?  It's the only 
one of the 36 that has sum 12.

Therefore the probability of getting that one I've colored
red is 1 way out of 36, or 1%2F36

Edwin