Question

A standard pair of six-sided dice is rolled. What is the probability of rolling a sum less than 7? Express your answer as a fraction or a decimal number rounded to four decimal places.

Answer 1

Answer:

0.4167 is the probability of rolling a sum less than 7.  

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Event: A standard pair of six-sided dice is rolled

A: rolling a sum less than 7

Sample space:

{(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)}

A:

{(1,1),(1,2),(1,3),(1,4),(1,5),(2,1),(2,2),(2,3),(2,4),(3,1),(3,2),(3,3),(4,1),(4,2),(5,1)}

Formula:

$\text{Probability} = \displaystyle\frac{\text{Number of favourable outcomes}}{\text{Total number of outcomes}}$

$P(A) = \dfrac{15}{36} = 0.4167$

0.4167 is the probability of rolling a sum less than 7.