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A pair of fair dice is tossed once. If the sum of the two numbers is greater than 9, the probability that one of the numbers is a 6 = ?

A. 2/3
B. 5/6
C. 1/6
D. 1/2
E. 1/3

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The cases where the sum of the numbers is greater than 9 are:
64 65 66 55 56 and 46
of those 6 cases, how many contain a 6 ??

is that 5/6?

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