Consider the experiment of rolling a pair of dice Suppose th

Solution

rolling a pair of dice, the following outcomes is

(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)

we are interested in the sum of the face values showing on the dice is 5

(1,4), (2,3), (3,2), (4,1)

Total is 36

5 is comes in 4 outcomes

the probability of obtaining a value of 5 is 4/36=0.11111