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If you rolled two dice, what is the probability

Give
that you would roll a sum of 5?
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first
1 2
3 456
1 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6
2 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6
3 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6
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4 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6
5 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 5,6
6 6,1 6,2 6,3
6,4 6,5 6,6

User Mik
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Answer:

Probability of rolling a sum of 5 is 1/9.

There are 36 different combinations because 6(first roll)*6(second roll) = 36. The only possible combinations are {1,4},{2,3}{2,3}and{4,1}

4/36 = 1/9

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