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Kayla rolls two numbers cubes numbered 1 to 6. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers rolled will be 5

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There are 2 cubes and each cube has 6 sides. There is a 1/6 chance of rolling a 5 for ONE cube (since each side is a different number ranging from 1 to 6). But, since we have to cubes, it would be 1/3. This is because your chance to roll a five is doubled due to 2 cubes.

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