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Two dice, one blue and one grey, are thrown at the same time. Complete the following table:Event: ‘Sumon two dice’23456789101112ProbabilityFrom the above table a student argues that there are 1 1 possible outcomes 2,3,4,5,6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Therefore, each of them has a probability j-j . Do you agree with this argument? |
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Answer» Total no. of possible outcomes when 2 dice are thrown = 6×6=36 which are { (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) } E ⟶ event of getting sum on 2 dice as 2 No. of favourable outcomes = 1{(1, 1)} Probability, P(E) = (No.of favorable outcomes)/(Total no.of possible outcomes) P(E) = 1/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 3 No. of favourable outcomes = 2 {(1, 2) (2, 1)} P(E) = 2/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 4 No. of favourable outcomes = 3 {(3, 1) (2, 2) (1, 3)} P(E) = 3/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 5 No. of favourable outcomes = 4 {(1, 4) (2, 3) (3, 2) (4, 1)} P(E) = 4/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 6 No. of favourable outcomes = 5 {(1, 5) (2, 4) (3, 3) (4, 2) (5, 1)} P(E) = 5/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 7 No. of favourable outcomes = 6 {(1, 6) (2, 5) (3, 4) (4, 3) (5, 2) (6, 1)} P(E) = 6/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 8 No. of favourable outcomes = 5 {(2, 6) (3, 5) (4, 4) (5, 3) (6, 2)} P(E) = 5/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 9 No. of favourable outcomes = 4 {(3, 6) (4, 5) (5, 4) (6, 3)} P(E) = 4/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 10 No. of favourable outcomes = 3 {(4, 6) (5, 5) (6, 4)} P(E) = 3/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 11 No. of favourable outcomes = 2 {(5, 6) (6, 5)} P(E) = 2/36 E ⟶ event of getting sum as 12 No. of favourable outcomes = 1 {(6, 6)} P(E) = 1/36
No, the outcomes are not equally likely from the above table we see that, there is different probability for different outcome. |
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