SOLUTION: please help!!!! Using the 36 possibilities in the product table for rolling two fair dice, find the odds of rolling each sum: odds of not a sum of 6.

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Question 670048: please help!!!!
Using the 36 possibilities in the product table for rolling two fair dice, find the odds of rolling each sum: odds of not a sum of 6.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hi,

P(not a sum of 6) = 31/36

Odds of not a sum of 6 are 31:5

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1|_2_3_4__5__6__7

2|_3_4_5__6__7__8

3|_4_5_6__7__8__9

4|_5_6_7__8__9_10

5|_6_7_8__9_10_11

6|_7_8_9_10_11_12