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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is a prime number is ____.


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Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the sum of the numbers appearing on the dice is a prime number is  5 12 .
It is given that, 2 dice thrown randomly.
Question ImageThe sample space is, n(S)=36 .
The combination for the sum of number on 2 dices is prime are,
(1,1),(1,2),(2,1),(2,3),(3,2),(4,1),(1,4),(1,6),(6,1),(2,5),(5,2),(4,3),(3,4),(5,6),(6,5) .
Let A be the event of getting the sum on dice as prime numbers.
n(A)=15
P(A)= Number of favourable outcomes Total number of outcomes
The probability for sum of 2 numbers appearing as prime number on two dice is,
= 15 36
= 5 12
Hence, the probability is 5 12 .
 
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