A pair of dice is tossed 10 times in succession. What is the probability of getting no 7 and 11 in any of the 10 tosses?
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Oct 8, 2016
Explanation:
We have 2 fair standard dice. Each die can achieve numbers 1 through 6. And so there are 36 possibilities on each roll.
A 7 can be achieved with:
An 11 can be achieved with:
So there are 8 possibilities out of 36 that a 7 or 11 will come up, so the probability is
And now let's look at the 10 rolls. Each time we roll the dice, there is a