An experiment consists of rolling two fair dice and adding the dots on the two sides facing up. What is the probability that the sum of the dots is 5?

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anonymous · Answer

5=2+3
5=3+2
5=1+4
5=4+1
There are 4 possibilities out of 36
4/36=1/9

anonymous · Answer

thanks, that's what i got also.

anonymous · Answer

Great

anonymous · Answer

what about this one?A fair cube with faces numbered from 1 through 6 is tossed a number of times. If the probability of the cube landing on the number 2 every time is 1/216, what is the best answer for how many times the cube is rolled?