Sub-Subject: Statistics and Probability

Topic: Probability

Step-by-step

Step 1 of 2:

Determine the number of favourable outcomes and the total number of possible outcomes
to find the odds in favour of a particular event when rolling two dice.

There are possible outcomes when rolling two six-sided dice.

Explanation: The Favorable outcomes refer to the specific outcomes or combinations of

events that meet the criteria.

Step 2 of 3:

When the sum equaling 9, the number of favourable outcomes are (3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), (6,
3) which is 4.

So, the odds in favour of rolling a sum of 9 is,

Explanation: The odds in favor of rolling a sum of 9 are 1 in 9, as there are 4 favourable
outcomes (3, 6), (4, 5), (5, 4), and (6, 3), out of a total of 36 possible outcomes.

Step 3 of 4:

For the sum greater than 7, the number of favourable outcomes is 26, that is (1, 7), (2, 6),
(3, 5), (4, 4), (5, 3), (6, 2), (7, 1), (6, 3), (5, 4), (4, 5), (3, 6), (2, 7), (1, 8), (2, 8), (3, 8), (4,
8), (5, 8), (6, 8), (7, 8), (8, 1), (8, 2), (8, 3), (8, 4), (8, 5), (8, 6), (8, 7) .

So, the odds in favour of rolling a sum greater than 7 is,

Explanation: The odds in favor of rolling a sum greater than 7 are 13 in 18, with 26
favorable outcomes, including combinations like (2, 6), (3, 5), and (4, 4), out of a total of
36 possible outcomes.

Step 4 of 5:

For the sum less than or equal to 5, the number of favorable outcomes is 15 that is: (1, 1),
(1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (1, 5), (2, 1), (2, 2), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 1), (3, 2), (3, 3), (4, 1), (4, 2), (5,
1).

So, the odds in favor of rolling a sum less than or equal to 5 are .

Explanation: The odds in favor of rolling a sum less than or equal to 5 are 5 in 12, with
15 favorable outcomes such as (1, 2), (2, 3), and (3, 1), out of a total of 36 possible
outcomes.

Step 5 of 5:

For, the sum that is an odd number, the number of favorable outcomes is 18 that is (1, 2),
(1, 4), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 3), (2, 5), (3, 2), (3, 4), (3, 6), (4, 1), (4, 3), (4, 5), (5, 2), (5, 4), (5,
6), (6, 1), (6, 3), (6, 5).

So, the odds in favor of rolling a sum that is an odd number is,

Explanation: The odds in favor of rolling a sum that is an odd number are 1 in 2, as there
are 18 favorable outcomes like (1, 2), (2, 5), and (5, 6), out of a total of 36 possible
outcomes.

Final Answer:

Hence, the required answer is as follows:

a.

b.

c.

d.