Question

Suppose you roll a six-sided die two times hoping to get two numbers whose sum is even. What is the sample space? How many favorable outcomes are there?

Answer 1

\[\mathsf{\text{I always prefer such tables } \Large \ddot \smile } \]

Answer 2

\[\mathsf{\text{Sample space } } \text{is simply the number of boxes you can see there.} \]\[\text{Or, could say that the sample space is the number of possible outcomes.} \]

Answer 3

i still dont get it ihave a hard time with this kind of subject

Answer 4

\[\mathsf{\text{How many possible outcomes do you see in that table?}} \]

Answer 5

6 ?

Answer 6

\[\mathsf{\text{No. There's 36 I can see there in the table.}} \]

Answer 7

yea my bad i meant to write 36 my computer dsnt type well

Answer 8

So that'd make the sample space, okay?

Answer 9

okay

Answer 10

Now, how many \(\mathsf{even}\) numbers do you see in that table?

Answer 11

18?

Answer 12

Wait. I forgot to count them :P

Answer 13

lol :P

Answer 14

Yeah that's correct. 18.

Answer 15

ok

Answer 16

Those are the number of outcomes you want. Therefore, they are the \(\textbf{favourable outomes}\).

Answer 17

omg thank you your such a grea help :D

Answer 18

Haha! I teach and learn on this site \(\ddot \smile\)

Answer 19

awesome :D