Question

Imagine you have a pair of six-sided dice. What's the

Answer 1

Answer:

The  probability of rolling a seven or rolling an even number  as the sum of the two dice is $\frac{2}{3}$    

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Imagine you have a pair of six-sided dice.

To find : What's the  probability of rolling a seven or rolling an even number  as the sum of the two dice?

Solution :

Rolling a pair of six-sided dice,

(1, 1) (1, 2) (1, 3) (1, 4) (1, 5) (1, 6)

(2, 1) (2, 2) (2, 3) (2, 4) (2, 5) (2, 6)

(3, 1) (3, 2) (3, 3) (3, 4) (3, 5) (3, 6)

(4, 1) (4, 2) (4, 3) (4, 4) (4, 5) (4, 6)

(5, 1) (5, 2) (5, 3) (5, 4) (5, 5) (5, 6)

(6, 1) (6, 2) (6, 3) (6, 4) (6, 5) (6, 6)

Rolling a seven as the sum of the two dice are (1,6),(2,5),(3,4),(4,3),(5,2),(6,1)

Rolling an even number  as the sum of the two dice are (1,1),(1,3),(1, 5),(2, 2),(2, 4),(2, 6) ,(3, 1),(3, 3),(3, 5),(4, 2),(4, 4),(4, 6),(5, 1),(5, 3),(5, 5),(6, 2),(6, 4),(6, 6).

Favorable outcome of rolling a seven or rolling an even number  as the sum of the two dice are (1,6),(2,5),(3,4),(4,3),(5,2),(6,1), (1,1),(1,3),(1, 5),(2, 2),(2, 4),(2, 6) ,(3, 1),(3, 3),(3, 5),(4, 2),(4, 4),(4, 6),(5, 1),(5, 3),(5, 5),(6, 2),(6, 4),(6, 6) - 24

The probability is given by,

$\text{Probability}=\frac{\text{Favorable outcome}}{\text{Total outcome}}$

$\text{Probability}=\frac{24}{36}$

$\text{Probability}=\frac{2}{3}$

Therefore, the  probability of rolling a seven or rolling an even number  as the sum of the two dice is $\frac{2}{3}$