Cindy throws one red and one blue regular (six-sided) fair dice. Find the probability that the sum of the two dice is greater than 2.

a 1/36
b 35/36
c 33/36
d 1

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Answer:

5/36 is your answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

If the red die shows a "2", then the blue die must take on the values from the set {2,3, 4, 5, 6} in order for the sum of both dice to be larger than 4.

1+2=3

2+3 = 5

2+4 = 6

2+5 = 7

2+6 = 8

There are 6*6 = 36 total ways to roll two dice and exactly 5 ways to get the conditions stated above. The probability of getting a sum greater than 2 is 5/36