If you roll two fair six-sided dice, what is the probability that the sum is 4 or higher?
The answer is 3336 or 1112. I understand how to arrive at this answer. What I don't understand is why the answer isn't 911? When summing the results after rolling two fair six sided dice, there are 11 equally possible outcomes: 2 through 12. Two of these outcomes are below four, meaning 9 are greater than or equal to four which is how I arrived at 911. Can someone help explain why that is wrong?
Answer
It is wrong because it is not 11 equally possible outcome.
There is exactly 1 way to get the sum to be 2. (1+1=2)
but there is more than one way to get 3. (1+2=3,2+1=3)
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