Suppose you roll a six-sided die two times hoping to get two numbers whose sum is less than 4. What is the sample space? How many favorable outcomes are there?

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whpalmer4 · Answer

How many ways can you make a sum with two integers 1..6 that is less than 4?  

1+1 = 2
1+2 = 3

Those are the only two combinations, right?  How many different ways can you do that by rolling a 6-sided die?  Hint: the order matters...

whpalmer4 · Answer

It may help to make a little table showing all of the possible outcomes:

First  Second  Favorable
1       1            yes
1       2            yes
1       3            no
1       4            no
1       5            no
1       6           no
2       1            yes
2       2            no
etc.

Disregard earlier hint, I was thinking of something else...