Question

The possible outcomes for rolling a pair of fair dice are shown below.

What is the probability of rolling a sum that is a prime number?

Answer 1

5/12

Explanation:

"When two dice are thrown, the total number of sample spaces is 36.

Favourable outcomes = {(1,1),(1,2),(1,4),(1,6),(2,3),(2,3),(2,5),(3,2),(3,4),(4,1),(4,3),(5,2),(5,6),(6,1),(6,5)}

Total number of favourable outcomes = 15

Hence, the probability of getting a sum of prime numbers = 15/36 = 5/12."

This was taken from a Byjus post.

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