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What are the odds of rolling 2 dice and getting the sum of 7?

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Answer:

1/6

Explanation:

favorable over total outcomes

favorable is 6

total is 36

6/36 = 1/6

6 favorable outcomes are:

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

total of 36 outcomes are :

(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)

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