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Two dice are rolled in succession. Determine the probability that the sum of the two dice is 10 or more, given that the first die is a 5.

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2/36/6/36= 1/3

when you roll the dice if the first dice is 5 you can only roll a 5 or 6 on the second dice to make it 10 or higher

which will lead you to 2 results out of 6 possible results

which 2/6 is equal to 1/3 and that is how you get the answer

hope this helped ^-^

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