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if two fair dice are rolled what is the probability that the total showing is more than four?

Will you please explain how to do this problem?

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8 years ago

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Reiny
sum of 2 : 1 --(1,1)
sum of 3 : 2 -- (1,2) (2,1)
sum of 4 : 3 -- (1,3) (3,1) (2,2)

So sum of 4 or less : 6 of them
Then the number of tosses with a sum greater than 4 is 30 (there are 36 possible cases)

prob(of your event) = 30/36 = 5/6
8 years ago

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