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Problem 10)
You roll two fair dice, one red and one green.
a) What is the probability of getting a number less than 5 on both?
b) What is the probability of getting a sum of 9 on the two dice?
c) What is the probability of getting a 5 on both?

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The solution explains how to calculate the probability related to rolling two fair dice.

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a) when rolling one, you can get 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. so there are 6 outcomes.
Among these, there are 4 outcomes are less than 5. so the probability of getting a number less than 5 ...

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