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

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. 5/36

  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 : (2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 4), (5, 3), (6, 2), giving 5 favourable outcomes.
  3. Step 3: Divide favourable outcomes by the sample space size: .
Answer
5/36.

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