Question

you roll two dice. what is the probility that the sum of the dice is odd OR one die shows a 3?

Answer 1

first find out no . of favorable outcomes...

Answer 2

a table always helps me out with this

Answer 3

Winner.

Answer 4

1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
3
4
5
6

fill in everyting with a 3


1 2 3 4 5 6
1 x
2 x
3 x x x x x x
4 x
5 x
6 x

then fill in all the sums that are odd, and count up the xs

Answer 5

lol, or find a premade dice table

Answer 6

Like mine; I am too lazy to make my own heh

Answer 7

so confused

Answer 8

youll have to be more exacting in your confusion; we have no idea if it is the result of not knowing how to count, or to add things up, or to determine and add number, or any other number of options ......

Answer 9

.... cant type :)

Answer 10

you can write out the complete set of ways the dice can land, and then find the ones that match the criteria in the quesion as well

Answer 11

I don't know how to read a dice chart

Answer 12

ok

Answer 13

the table just represents the possible outcomes

by filling in the crossing points you determine a specific outcome

Answer 14

1 2 3 4 5 6 <- ways to roll one dice
1
2
3 :: all possible outcomes::
4
5
6

^
ways to roll the other

Answer 15

but if writing out all the outcomes is easier to understand then:

1,1
2,1
3,1
4,1
5,1
6,1
1,2
2,2
3,2
4,2
5,2
6,2
1,3
2,3
3,3
4,3
5,3
6,3
1,4
2,4
3,4
4,4
5,4
6,4
1,5
2,5
3,5
4,5
5,5
6,5
1,6
2,6
3,6
4,6
5,6
6,6

whew!! that gives us 36 possible outcomes

Answer 16

mark all the ones that have a 3 in them

and the ones that add up to an odd number