I think I did this problem right but Ijust want to make sure. The question asks:

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I think I did this problem right but Ijust want to make sure. The question asks:

Suppose that two dice are tossed for each die, it is equally liklythat 1,2,3,4,5, or 6 dots will show.What is the probability that the sum of the dots on theuppermost faces of the two dice will be 5 or 7? I got 5/18... is thiscorrect??? I think I did this problem right but Ijust want to make sure. The question asks:

Suppose that two dice are tossed for each die, it is equally liklythat 1,2,3,4,5, or 6 dots will show.What is the probability that the sum of the dots on theuppermost faces of the two dice will be 5 or 7? I got 5/18... is thiscorrect???

Explanation / Answer

Yep, that's right: (1, 4), (2, 3), (3, 2), (4, 1) for 5 and (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1) for 7 ( 4 + 6) / 36 = 10 / 36 = 5 / 18

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