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Two dices are thrown together. The probability of the sum of the numbers being 8 is:

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✅ Correct Option: 1

Favourable outcomes for a sum of 8 are (2,6), (3,5), (4,4), (5,3), (6,2), that is 5 outcomes.

Total outcomes =36= 36, so probability =536= \dfrac{5}{36}.

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