two dice are thrown at same time. write down all the possible outcomes. what is the probability that the sum of numbers appearing on the top is a) 8 b) at most 9 c) at least 6
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Step-by-step explanation:
1st part
there are 36 total outcomes.
1-1,1-2..........2-1,2-2,2-3..........5-1,5-2.................and so on till 6-6
or
total number of faces a die have=6
number of die=2
total outcomes= 6*6=36
a)
there can be 5 total outcomes
die 1 die 2
1 . 2 6 =8
2. 6 2 =8
3 . 3 5 =8
4. 5 3 =8
5. 4 4 =8
b)
for 9
there are 4 outcomes
die 1 die 2
1 . 4 5 =9
2. 6 3 =9
3 . 3 6 =9
4. 5 4 =9
c)
for 6
there are 5
die 1 die 2
1 . 1 5 =6
2. 5 1 =6
3 . 2 4 =6
4. 4 2 =6
5. 3 3 =6