Two 6-sided dice are rolled at the same time. How many outcomes correspond to the event that the sum of the numbers is 5?

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mathstudent55 · Answer

When you roll one die, what outcomes can you have?

anonymous · Answer

6

mathstudent55 · Answer

The total is 6.
The different outcomes are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

shikamaru11 · Answer

well one dice has 6 sides so numbered from 1-6 so the outcome is from 1-6??? isn't it

mathstudent55 · Answer

When you roll 2 dice, each of the two dice can have those 6 outcomes.
That means the total number of outcomes of rolling two dice is 6 * 6 = 36.

shikamaru11 · Answer

yupxxx that's rite :) (y) @mathstudent55 :)

mathstudent55 · Answer

We can write a table showing all the combinations of outcomes.
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