What is the probability of rolling a total of 9 with two fair dice?

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Answer 1 · 2017-03-18T11:43:14

#1/9#

#P("score of "9)="how many ways to score 9"/"total number of possible scores"#

for two dice there are #36#possible scores.

we need the number of ways to score #9#

#(6,3)#

#(3,6)#

#(5,4)#

#(4,5)#

#P("score of "9)=4/36=1/9#