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Problem
The faces of a cubical die are marked with the numbers 
, 
, , 
, , and 
. The faces of another die are marked with the numbers , , , 
, 
, and 
. What is the probability that the sum of the top two numbers will be , 
, or 
?
Solution
The easiest way is to write a table of all 
possible outcomes, do the sums, and count good outcomes.
1 3 4 5 6 8 ------------------ 1 | 2 4 5 6 7 9 2 | 3 5 6 7 8 10 2 | 3 5 6 7 8 10 3 | 4 6 7 8 9 11 3 | 4 6 7 8 9 11 4 | 5 7 8 9 10 12
We see that out of possible outcomes give the sum of , the sum of , and the sum of , hence the resulting probability is
.
See also
| 2008 AMC 10B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 19 |
Followed by Problem 21 | |
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