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2 fair dice are thrown. How do you calculate the probability that the sum of the 2 dice is 1?

Answer 1

Avery Alexander

# 0#.

The minimum sum of the digits appearing on two dice

is #2#.

So, the given event, being impossible, will have prob. #0#.

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Answer 2

Savannah Anderson

The sum of two fair dice cannot be 1 since the lowest possible sum is 2 (when both dice show a 1). Therefore, the probability of the sum being 1 is 0.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.

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