A white die and a black die is thrown. What is the probability that the number on the white die exceeds the number on the black die?

2 answers

1/2
cases we care about: White is 1st number , Black is 2nd

21
31 32
41 42 43
51 52 53 54
61 62 63 64 65

prob of your event = 15/36 = 5/12