Question

On your next turn in the game, you are 8 spaces away from climbing a ladder, which will allow you to pass both Alex and Jeff. What is the probability of landing on the ladder if you roll 2 number cubes?

Answer 1

If you roll two dice, there is a total of 36 different outcomes.
Of those, these have a sum of 8:
2, 6
3, 5
4, 4
5, 3
6, 2
That is 5 outcomes of a sum of 8.

p(sum of 8) = 5/36

Answer 2

The answer is 5/36

Possible total combinations is 6 * 6 = 36 (six faces on each cube)
Possibility of rolling an 8 is 6+2, 5+3, 4+4, 3+5, and 2+6 so the total is 5

So divide possible combinations by the total number of combinations to get 5/36