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Suppose you roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice. Let T= the sum of the spots showing on the up-faces.

(a) Find the probability distribution of T.

(b) Make a histogram of the probability distribution. Describe what you see.

(c) Find P(T≥5)and interpret the result.

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(a)

(b)

(c)P(T≥5)=83.33%

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Part (a) Step 1: Given information

Given in the question that , roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice. LetT= the sum of the spots showing on the up-faces

We need to find the probability distribution ofT

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Part (a) Step 2: Explanation

T=sum of spots on a roll of a pair of fair, six-sided dice.

Each die has 6 possible outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5,6

Let us next determine all possible sums when rolling a pair of six-sided dice:

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Part (a) Step 3: Probability 

The probability is the number of favorable outcomes divided by the number of possible outcomes:

P(X=2)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=136

P(X=3)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=236

P(X=4)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=336

P(X=5)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=436

P(X=6)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=536

P(X=7)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=636

P(X=8)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=536

P(X=9)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=436

P(X=10)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=336

P(X=11)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=236

P(X=12)=#of favorable outcomes#of possible outcomes=136

Let us combine the probabilities in a table:

x
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
P(X=x)
136
236
336
436
536
636
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336
236
136
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Part (b) Step 1: Given information

Given in the question that , roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice. Let T= the sum of the spots showing on the up-faces.

We need to make a histogram of the probability distribution.

05

Part (b) Step 2: Explanation

From (a) part of the question

Each bar's width must be equal, and its height must be equal to the probability:

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Part (c) Step 1: Given information

Given in the question that, u roll a pair of fair, six-sided dice. Let T= the sum of the spots showing on the up-faces.

We need to find P(T≥5)

07

Part (c) Step 2: Explanation

From part (a)

For discontinuous or mutually exclusive occurrences, use the following addition rule:

P(A∪B)=P(AorB)=P(A)+P(B)

Because it is impossible to toss to two distinct sums for the same rolls, the events are mutually exclusive, and the addition rule is applicable for mutually exclusive occurrences:

localid="1649994279406" P(X≥5)=P(X=5)+P(X=6)+P(X=7)+P(X=8)+P(X=9)+P(X=10)+P(X=11)+P(X=12)=436+536+636+536+436+336+236+136=3036=56≈0.8333=83.33%

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