Question 62764: Two 6-sided dice are rolled. What is the probability that the two numbers obtained differ by more than 2? Answer by jai_kos(139) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rolling of dice would give the probability of (1/36) of the happening.
It is also given that the difference in the outcome is more than 2.
Let us make a list of it.
First dice | second dice
1| 4
1| 5
1| 6
2| 5
2| 6
3| 6
4| 1
5| 1
6| 1
5| 2
6| 2
6| 3
There are 12 possibilities.
Therefore the total probability is given by = possibilities / total ooutcome = 12 / 36 = 1 /3
The probability that the two numbers obtained differ by more than 2 is 1/3
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