Dice rolls. If you roll a pair of fair dice, what is the

Problem 2.6

Dice rolls. If you roll a pair of fair dice, what is the probability of

(a) getting a sum of 1?

(b) getting a sum of 5?

(c) getting a sum of 12?

Step by step solution

Step 1 of 3

(a)

Rolling a die is a seemingly random process and each gives rise to an outcome ,ie; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. The probability of an outcome is the proportion of times the outcome would occur if we observed the random process an infinite number of times.

While rolling a pair of fair dice the probability of getting a sum of 1 is zero, because the minimum sum of the outcomes of a pair of fair dice is 2.