Question

Suppose you roll two die. Find the number of elements in the event space of rolling a sum of 5. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

Answer 1

ANSWER

B. 4

EXPLANATION

The numbers on the first die are;

{1,2,3,4,5,6}

The numbers on the second die are;

{1,2,3,4,5,6}

The events of getting a sum of 5 are

2+3

3+2

1+4

4+1

There are four events.

The correct choice is B .