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Two 6-sided dice are rolled at the same time. How many outcomes correspond to the event that the sum of the numbers is 5?

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In rolling a die, there are 6 possible outcomes. Each face is numbered from 1 to 6. The possible combinations of numbers so that their sum is 5 is, 1 - 4, 2 - 3, 3 - 2, 4 - 1. Thus, the answer is that they are four possible outcomes corresponding to the given event.
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