Question

An experiment consists of rolling two fair dice and adding the dots on the two sides facing up. using the sample space provided below and assuming each simple event is as likely as any​ other, find the probability that the sum of the dots is 88.

Answer 1

The probability is 5/36.

The sample space for the sum of two dice being rolled is:
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

There are 5 8's in the sample space of 36.