Question

A red die and a blue die are thrown at the same time. List all the possible outcomes in a systematic way. What is the most likely total?

Answer 1

Step 1: Finding all the possible outcomes

When two die are thrown at the same time where throw 1 indicates red die and throw 2 indicates blue die.

The total possible outcomes are:

The total number of outcomes is $36$.

Step 2: Finding the most likely total

The most likely total will have one favorable outcome for each row of outcomes.

From the total outcomes, the most likely total is of $7$.

The die combinations which give a total of $7$ are:

$\left(1,6\right),\left(2,5\right),\left(3,4\right),\left(4,3\right),\left(5,2\right),\left(6,1\right)$

A total of $6$ cases.

Hence the total which is most likely when rolling $2$ die is of $7$.