Question

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

Work out the probability of getting a total more than 6.

Answer 1

7/12.

Explanation:

The favourable outcomes are (1,6), (2,5), (2,6), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6) (4,5), (4,6) (5,6),

(6,1), (5,2) (6,2) (4,3) (5,3) (5,4) (6,3) (6,4) (6,5) (4,4) (5,5) (6,6)

= 21.

Total number of possible outcomes = 6*6 = 36.

So it's 21/36

= 7/12.