Question

Two dice are thrown together find the probability of getting sum equal to 8

Answer 1

Answer:

The number of ways to get 8 is 5:

6 - 2,  2 - 6, 5 - 3, 3 - 5, and 4 -4

The total number of combinations  is 6 * 6 - 6  = 30                                                  since there are 6 * 6 = 36 total combinations

but 6 of these can only occur once: 1-1 , 2-2, ------, 6-6

Then the probability is 5 / 30 = 1/6