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a pair of dice is tossed 10 times. what is the possibility that no 7s or 11s appear as the sum of the sides facing up?

User Ashutosh A
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It should be 0.08


Explanation: There are six ways to get a 7 and two ways to get an 11 on two dice, and so there are 36 – 8 = 28 ways to get anything else. Therefore, P(no 7 or 11) = P(always getting something else) = (28/36)10


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