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If two fair dice are thrown together twice, find the probability of obtaining a sum of nine in the first throw and a sum of six in the second throw.

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5324\frac{5}{324}

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Q5) If two fair dice are thrown together twice, find the probability of obtaining a sum of nine in the first throw and a sum of six in the second throw.

  1. Determine the total number of possible outcomes when two fair dice are thrown.

    For a single throw of two dice, the total number of outcomes is 6×6=366 \times 6 = 36.

  2. Calculate the probability of obtaining a sum of nine in the first throw.

    The pairs that sum to nine are (3,6),(4,5),(5,4),(6,3)(3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6, 3). There are 4 favorable outcomes.
    The probability of a sum of nine is P(sum of 9)=436=19P(\text{sum of 9}) = \frac{4}{36} = \frac{1}{9}.

  3. Calculate the probability of obtaining a sum of six in the second throw.

    The pairs that sum to six are (1,5),(2,4),(3,3),(4,2),(5,1)(1, 5), (2, 4), (3, 3), (4, 2), (5, 1). There are 5 favorable outcomes.
    The probability of a sum of six is P(sum of 6)=536P(\text{sum of 6}) = \frac{5}{36}.

  4. Since the two throws are independent events, multiply their probabilities to find the probability of both events occurring.

    P(sum of 9 and sum of 6)=P(sum of 9)×P(sum of 6)P(\text{sum of 9 and sum of 6}) = P(\text{sum of 9}) \times P(\text{sum of 6}) P=19×536P = \frac{1}{9} \times \frac{5}{36} P=5324P = \frac{5}{324}

    The probability is 5324\frac{5}{324}.

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