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A pair of dice is thrown. Find the probability of getting a sum of 8 or getting an even number on both the dices.

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536
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936
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1136
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1336
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Solution

The correct option is C 1136
Sample space for total number of possible outcomes
{(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)}
Total number of outcomes = 36
Favorable outcomes for sum of 8 or getting an even number on both the dices are
(2,6),(3,5),(4,4),(5,3),(6,2),(2,2),(2,4),(4,2),(4,6),(6,4),(6,6)
Number of favorable outcomes = 11
The probability of getting a sum of 8 or getting an even number on both the dices, P(E)=n(E)n(S)=1136

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