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When rolling two fair 6-sided dice, what is the probability that the scores on both dice add up to a number greater than 9?

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Explanation:

There are 6*6 = 36 possible outcomes when rolling 2 fair dies.

Possible outcomes to get total > 9 are:

4,6 6,4 5,5, 5,6 6,5 and 6,6 ( 6 outcomes).

So the required probability = 6/36

= 1/6.

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