Problem

Roll two dice virtually (by calculator: [APP] 10. Prob Sim, or by your phone or other device) 36,50,100,1000, and 10,000 times.
How many times is the sum 5?
How many times is the sum 6?
Find these as percentages.
How many ways (out of 36) can the dice sum to 5? Order matters. List the ways here. What is this as a percentage?

How many ways (out of 36) can the dice sum to 6? Order matters. List the ways here. What is this as a percentage?
Why does this happen?

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The probability of summing to a particular number depends on the number of ways the two dice can produce that sum out of the total possible outcomes of 36.

Steps

Step 1 :Roll the two dice virtually for n times, where n=36,50,100,1000,10000. Record the number of times the sum is 5 and 6.

Step 2 :Compute the percentages of the obtained sums by dividing the number of occurrences by n and multiplying by 100.

Step 3 :There are 4 ways to sum to 5 with order matters: (1,4),(2,3),(3,2),(4,1). The percentage is 436100=11.11%.

Step 4 :There are 5 ways to sum to 6 with order matters: (1,5),(2,4),(3,3),(4,2),(5,1). The percentage is 536100=13.89%.

Step 5 :The probability of summing to a particular number depends on the number of ways the two dice can produce that sum out of the total possible outcomes of 36.

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