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Lucy rolls 2 fair dice and adds the results from each.

Work out the probability of getting a total of 10.

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The numbers on each die are 1 to 6.

They are all equally likely to turn up. There are 36 possibilities in all 6*6

So getting a 10 can be done in 3 ways.

6 + 4 = 10

4 + 6 = 10

5 + 5 = 10

You can't get 10 any other way.

So of the 36 ways of throwing 2 dice, only 3 will work.

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P(10)= 3/36 = 1/12 = 0.0833333...

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