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

Work out the probability of getting a total that is a factor of 15.

User Benji
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Explanation:

  1. there are six squares in each dice so 3×5=15 and 5×3=15
  2. answer is 1/8
User Tezirg
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Answer:


(1)/(18)

Explanation:

If there are six sides on a die then there are 36 different rolls

The factors of 15 are (3×5) and (5×3) so you would get 2/36

When you simplify that you get 1/18

I hope this helps!!

User Alex Semeniuk
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