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an experiment consists of rolling two fair dice and adding the dots on the two sides facing u. Find the probability of the sum of the dots indicate. A sum less than or equal to 6

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Answer:

41.67% probability of the sum of the dots indicate a sum less than or equal to 6

Explanation:

A probability is the number of desired outcomes divided by the number of total outcomes:

In this problem, we have these possible outcomes:

Format(Dice A, Dice B)

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

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

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

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

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

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

There are 36 possible outcomes.

Desired outcomes:

Sum of 6 or less. They are:

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

15 desired outcomes

15/36 = 0.4167

41.67% probability of the sum of the dots indicate a sum less than or equal to 6

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