Question

What is the probability of rolling a sum of 8 with a pair of dice?

Answer 1

`(5)/(36)`

Explanation:

the total number of possible combinations of rolling two dice is 36 because a side has 6 sides and
`6^(2)=36`

and possible combinations that sum to 8 are

• 2 and 6
• 3 and 5
• 4 and 4
• 5 and 3
• 6 and 2

which are 5 possible combinations which gives
`(5)/(36)`