ABC26GN5334 · Probability

Subject: General Aptitude · Chapter: Probability · Exam: · Marks: · Difficulty:

Two dice are thrown together. What is the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two faces is divisible by 4 or 6 ?
Answer
Answer (as printed):
Explanation
Clearly, $n(S)=6 \times 6=36$. Let E be the event that the sum of the numbers on the two faces is divisible by 4 or 6. Then $E=\{(1,3),(1,5),(2,2),(2,4),(2,6),(3,1),(3,3),(3,5),(4,2),(4,4),(5,1),(5,3),(6,2),(6,6)\}$. $\therefore n(E)=14$. Hence, $P(E)=\frac{n(E)}{n(S)}=\frac{14}{36}=\frac{7}{18}$.

Explanation as extracted from the printed page; notation may be imperfect.

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