Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications, Seventh Edition

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Chapter 7 - Section 7.1 - An Introduction to Discrete Probability - Exercises - Page 451: 5

Answer

1/2

Work Step by Step

There are 36 possible rolls of the two dice. Even sums appear 18 times: 2 once, via 1-1 4 three times , via 1-3, 2-2, 3-1 6 five times, via 1-5, 2-4, 3-3, 4-2, 5-1 8 five times, via 2-6, 3-5, 4-4, 5-3, 6-2 10 three times, via 4-6, 5-5, 6-4 12 once, via 6-6. So the probability of the sum being even is 18/36 = 1/2.
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