Two fair dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers is ?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: A. 1/6

  1. Step 1: The sample space for rolling two fair six-sided dice contains equally likely outcomes.
  2. Step 2: Identify the favourable outcomes yielding a sum of : (1, 6), (2, 5), (3, 4), (4, 3), (5, 2), (6, 1), giving 6 favourable outcomes.
  3. Step 3: Divide favourable outcomes by the sample space size: .
Answer
1/6.

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