when two fair dice are rolled find the probability that the sum is even and greater than 8
What even values of can be obtained > 8? 10 or 12.
A 12 can only be obtained with 6 & 6, While a 10 can be obtained by 5 & 5, 6 & 4 or 4 & 6. Those are out of 36 possible combinations.
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