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Two unbiased dice are tossed together. Find the probability that the total of the number on the dice is greater than 9.

Concept Used:
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Explanation:
Sample space of throwing a pair of dice is:



Sample space, n(S) = 36
Let E be the number of events of getting sum higher than 9 i.e. getting 10,11, and 12.
The pairs are: (4, 6), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 4), (6, 5), (6, 6)
then n(E) = 6



We know:


So,




Hence, the probability of getting sum more than 9 is 1/6.


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