Question

in rolling a pair of dice what is the probability of rolling a total of 6 or a double

Answer 1

Solution:

According to the question, a pair of dice is rolling:

So, there is a total of 36 possible outcomes.

therefor,

sample space

Let

A: Rolling a total of 6

B: Rolling a double

Now,

Since (3, 3) is common

So,

The probability of rolling a total of 6 or a double can be calculated as:

Therefore, the probability of rolling a total of 6 or a double is 0.28