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You are rolling a pair of dice, one red and one green. What is the probability of the following out comes:
a. The sum of the two numbers you roll from the dice is 8.
b. The sum of the two numbers you roll is 12.
c. The sum of the two numbers you roll is 7.

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The probabilities of rolling certain sums on a pair of dice are calculated. A complete sample space is constructed.

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Let's look at the complete sample space for this experiment:

The first row of the table below lists the possible numbers rolled on the first dice. The first column lists the possible numbers rolled on the second dice. The table then contains the sums of ...

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