Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :
(i) of getting a doublet

(ii) of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.

Question

Two different dice are tossed together. Find the probability :(i) of getting a doublet(ii) of getting a sum 10, of the numbers on the two dice.

Philoid · Accepted Answer

Number of elements in S i.e. n(S) = 36

(i) Favorable Set which contains doublets (Set A) = {(1,1), (2,2), (3,3), (4,4), (5,5), (6,6)}

n(A) = 6

(ii) Favorable Set which contains combinations with sum 10 (Set B) = {(4,6), (5,5), (6,4)}

n(B) = 3