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A pair of dice is cast. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers landing upwards is 8 if it is known that the two numbers are different?
13 years ago

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Reiny
to get an 8, with no 44
that would leave 62 53 35 and 26
there are 4 of those

prob of 8 with different numbers = 4/36 = 1/9
13 years ago

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