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A pairs of fair dice is tossed . What is the probability of not getting a sum 5 or 9 ?

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Answer:

28/36 or 7/9

Explanation:

there are 36 possible answers

4 of them equal 5 (1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1)

4 of them equal 9 (3+6, 4+5, 5+4, 6+3)

8-36 = 28

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