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# two dice are roll what the odds on favor that the sum of the dice is less than 5 ⚑ Flag

by Castillo001 at March 21, 2010

There are 36 outcomes for the die. List the ways you can get a sum less than 5. 2 = 1+1 3 = 1+2, 2+1 4 = 1+3, 3+1, 2+2 So there is a 6/36 = 1/6 chance.

Kalifornia March 21, 2010

If you want to answer the question for odds, you must have success over failure, not success over total. So the answer should be 6/30 or 1/5

Nancy095 March 22, 2010
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