A pair of dice is tossed. How do you find the probability of the sum of the numbers being #8?#
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Explanation:
You can draw up a possibility space and count how many of the outcomes meet the requirements.
The following array shows the sum of two dice thrown.
(Created by Parzival)
#{: (color(white)(0)," "ul1" "," "ul2" "," "ul3" "," "ul4" "," "ul5" "," "ul6" "),(1|," "2" "," "3" "," "4" "," "5" "," "6" "," "7" "),(2|," "3" "," "4" "," "5" "," "6" "," "7" "," "color(blue)(8)" "),(3|," "4" "," "5" "," "6" "," "7" "," "color(blue)(8)" "," "9" "),(4|," "5" "," "6" "," "7" "," "color(blue)(8)" "," "9" "," "10" "),(5|," "6" "," "7" "," "color(blue)(8)" "," "9" "," "10" "," "11" "),(6|," "7" "," "color(blue)(8)" "," "9" "," "10" "," "11" "," "12" ") :}#
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