Answer to Question #257934 in Statistics and Probability for Sadar

Question

A pair of fair dice is tossed. What is the probability of a total of at most 4.

Answer 1

There are 6 ways to get a total of at most 4 in case of toss a pair of fair dice.

= (1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,1), (2,2), (3,1)

$Probability=\frac{Favourable Outcomes}{Total Outcomes}$

$Probability=\frac{6}{36}=0.1667$

This means there is 16.67% probability of getting a total of at most 4 in case of tossing a pair of fair dice.