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A pair of dice is thrown then probability of getting sum of numbers on dice is '8', is:

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 2

The outcomes giving a sum of 88 are (2,6),(3,5),(4,4),(5,3),(6,2)(2,6),(3,5),(4,4),(5,3),(6,2), i.e. 55 cases.

The total number of equally likely outcomes is 3636, so the probability is 536\frac{5}{36}.

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