If two dice are thrown simultaneously then what is the probability of getting a total of 7

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The correct option is A15/(65)The following are the two cases when the sum will be 7: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 7 = 1+1+1+1+3 = 5C1ways = 57 = 1+1+1+2+2 = 5C2ways = 10 Total number of possible ways of throwing five dice = 65Therefore, required probability = 15/(65)
What is the probability of throwing a 7 with 2 dice?
What is the probability of getting 7 when a dice is rolled?
What is the probability that the total of the two dice will add up to 7 or 11?
How many ways can you roll a 7 with 2 dice?

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The correct option is A15/(65)The following are the two cases when the sum will be 7: (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 7 = 1+1+1+1+3 = 5C1ways = 57 = 1+1+1+2+2 = 5C2ways = 10 Total number of possible ways of throwing five dice = 65Therefore, required probability = 15/(65)

When rolling two dice, distinguish between them in some way: a first one and second one, a left and a right, a red and a green, etc. Let (a,b) denote a possible outcome of rolling the two die, with a the number on the top of the first die and b the number on the top of the second die. Note that each of a and b can be any of the integers from 1 through 6. Here is a listing of all the joint possibilities for (a,b):

(1,1)	(1,2)	(1,3)	(1,4)	(1,5)	(1,6)
(2,1)	(2,2)	(2,3)	(2,4)	(2,5)	(2,6)
(3,1)	(3,2)	(3,3)	(3,4)	(3,5)	(3,6)
(4,1)	(4,2)	(4,3)	(4,4)	(4,5)	(4,6)
(5,1)	(5,2)	(5,3)	(5,4)	(5,5)	(5,6)
(6,1)	(6,2)	(6,3)	(6,4)	(6,5)	(6,6)

Note that there are 36 possibilities for (a,b). This total number of possibilities can be obtained from the multiplication principle: there are 6 possibilities for a, and for each outcome for a, there are 6 possibilities for b. So, the total number of joint outcomes (a,b) is 6 times 6 which is 36. The set of all possible outcomes for (a,b) is called the sample space of this probability experiment.

With the sample space now identified, formal probability theory requires that we identify the possible events. These are always subsets of the sample space, and must form a sigma-algebra. In an example such as this, where the sample space is finite because it has only 36 different outcomes, it is perhaps easiest to simply declare ALL subsets of the sample space to be possible events. That will be a sigma-algebra and avoids what might otherwise be an annoying technical difficulty. We make that declaration with this example of two dice.

With the above declaration, the outcomes where the sum of the two dice is equal to 5 form an event. If we call this event E, we have

E={(1,4),(2,3),(3,2),(4,1)}.

Note that we have listed all the ways a first die and second die add up to 5 when we look at their top faces.

Consider next the probability of E, P(E). Here we need more information. If the two dice are fair and independent , each possibility (a,b) is equally likely. Because there are 36 possibilities in all, and the sum of their probabilities must equal 1, each singleton event {(a,b)} is assigned probability equal to 1/36. Because E is composed of 4 such distinct singleton events, P(E)=4/36= 1/9.

In general, when the two dice are fair and independent, the probability of any event is the number of elements in the event divided by 36.

What if the dice aren't fair, or aren't independent of each other? Then each outcome {(a,b)} is assigned a probability (a number in [0,1]) whose sum over all 36 outcomes is equal to 1. These probabilities aren't all equal, and must be estimated by experiment or inferred from other hypotheses about how the dice are related and and how likely each number is on each of the dice. Then the probability of an event such as E is the sum of the probabilities of the singleton events {(a,b)} that make up E.

What is the probability of throwing a 7 with 2 dice?

For each of the possible outcomes add the numbers on the two dice and count how many times this sum is 7. If you do so you will find that the sum is 7 for 6 of the possible outcomes. Thus the sum is a 7 in 6 of the 36 outcomes and hence the probability of rolling a 7 is 6/36 = 1/6.

What is the probability of getting 7 when a dice is rolled?

Possible outcomes on a single roll of a die are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Therefore, the chance of getting a 7 (favourable outcome) on rolling the die once is 0. Thus, the probability of the event is 0 or it is an impossible event. Q.