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Find the probability of rolling a sum greater than 7 given that you rolled an odd number first.

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I think the answer is 1/2. Given the first die was odd, you rolled either a 1,3, or 5. Now on the second roll only a 6,4, or a 2 will give you a sum of 7. Given that is half of the sample space of the second die, it is 1/2?

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