Two dices are thrown together. The probability of the sum of the numbers being 8 is:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → 5/36
Two dice give 36 equally likely outcomes. The pairs adding up to 8 are (2,6), (3,5), (4,4), (5,3) and (6,2) — 5 of them.
So the probability is 5/36.