Paul claims, "the probalbility of rolling a sum of 6 when you roll two dice is 1/11, because two dice have sums 2 through 12 which means there are 11 possible sums. "how do you respond?

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Paul claims, "the probalbility of rolling a sum of 6 when you roll two dice is 1/11, because two dice have sums 2 through 12 which means there are 11 possible sums.  "how do you respond?

Reiny · Answer

you can get 6 in these cominations 15 24 33 42 and 51, so there are 5 ways prob of a sum of 6 = 5/36