Question

A black die and a white die are thrown at the same time. Write all the possible outcomes. What is the probability that the sum of the two numbers appearing on the top of the dice is 13?

Answer 1

Total no. of possible outcomes when 2 dice are thrown = 6 × 6 = 36 which are

{ (1, 1) (1, 2) (1, 3) (1, 4) (1, 5) (1, 6)

(2, 1) (2, 2) (2, 3) (2, 4) (2, 5) (2, 6)

(3, 1) (3, 2) (3, 3) (3, 4) (3, 5) (3, 6)

(4, 1) (4, 2) (4, 3) (4, 4) (4, 5) (4, 6)

(5, 1) (5, 2) (5, 3) (5, 4) (5, 5) (5, 6)

(6, 1) (6, 2) (6, 3) (6, 4) (6, 5) (6, 6) }

The maximum sum is 12 (6 on 1st + 6 on 2nd)

So, getting a sum of no’s appearing on the top of the two dice as 13 is an Impossible event.

∴ Probability is 0