Two dices are rolled, list all possible sample spaces. When adding in each parenthesis, which one got the highest odds?

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  1. List all possible sample spaces when two dice are rolled.

    Each die has 6 faces, so when two dice are rolled, there are 6×6=366 \times 6 = 36 possible outcomes. The sample space SS is:

    S={(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)}S = \begin{Bmatrix} (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) \end{Bmatrix}
  2. Determine the frequency of each possible sum.

    The sum of the two dice can range from 1+1=21+1=2 to 6+6=126+6=12.

    • Sum of 2: (1,1) - 1 way
    • Sum of 3: (1,2), (2,1) - 2 ways
    • Sum of 4: (1,3), (2,2), (3,1) - 3 ways
    • Sum of 5: (1,4), (2,3), (3,2), (4,1) - 4 ways
    • Sum of 6: (1,5), (2,4), (3,3), (4,2), (5,1) - 5 ways
    • Sum of 7: (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), (6,1) - 6 ways
    • Sum of 8: (2,6), (3,5), (4,4), (5,3), (6,2) - 5 ways
    • Sum of 9: (3,6), (4,5), (5,4), (6,3) - 4 ways
    • Sum of 10: (4,6), (5,5), (6,4) - 3 ways
    • Sum of 11: (5,6), (6,5) - 2 ways
    • Sum of 12: (6,6) - 1 way
  3. Identify the sum with the highest odds.

    The sum with the highest number of ways has the highest odds. From the frequencies above, a sum of 7 has 6 possible combinations, which is more than any other sum.

    The sum that got the highest odds is 7\boxed{\text{7}}.

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