Question

If a pair of standard dice are rolled,

what is the probability that the sum
will be greater than 7?
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Answer 1

5/12

Explanation:

I can’t really explain it. I did the same problew though.

Answer 2

P(Pair of dice greater than 7) = 5/12

Explanation:

When rolling a pair of dice, there are 36 combinations for the rolls.

(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), .... (2,1), (2,2), .... (6,1), ... (6,6)

Of those, there are 15 where the total is greater than 7.

15/36 = 5/12

#1 #2 Sum > 7

1 1 2 FALSE

1 2 3 FALSE

1 3 4 FALSE

1 4 5 FALSE

1 5 6 FALSE

1 6 7 FALSE

2 1 3 FALSE

2 2 4 FALSE

2 3 5 FALSE

2 4 6 FALSE

2 5 7 FALSE

2 6 8 TRUE

3 1 4 FALSE

3 2 5 FALSE

3 3 6 FALSE

3 4 7 FALSE

3 5 8 TRUE

3 6 9 TRUE

4 1 5 FALSE

4 2 6 FALSE

4 3 7 FALSE

4 4 8 TRUE

4 5 9 TRUE

4 6 10 TRUE

5 1 6 FALSE

5 2 7 FALSE

5 3 8 TRUE

5 4 9 TRUE

5 5 10 TRUE

5 6 11 TRUE

6 1 7 FALSE

6 2 8 TRUE

6 3 9 TRUE

6 4 10 TRUE

6 5 11 TRUE

6 6 12 TRUE