Two six-sided dice are rolled at the same time and the numbers showing are observed. Find the following.

a. (P=sum of 8)
2 dice: (3,5) (5,3), (2,6), (6,2)
c. P(sum is an odd number)
2 dice (1,5) (3,3) (5,1)
I am lost here please help me with the further steps this is not in my textbook and my notes are confusing me.

1 answer

There are 36 total possible combinations.

a. 2 dice: (3,5), (5,3), (2,6), (6,2),(4,4) = 5/36

c. None of them sum to an odd number. To sum to an odd number, each dice must have one odd number and one even number e.g., (1,2), (1,4)...(3,2) etc.....