Two fair dice are tossed together once. Find the probability that the sum of the outcome is at least 10.

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - General Mathematics - 1995 (Objective) Subject: General Mathematics

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Two fair dice are tossed together once. Find the probability that the sum of the outcome is at least 10.
Answer Details
When two dice are tossed together, there are 6 x 6 = 36 possible outcomes. We need to find the probability that the sum of the outcome is at least 10. The only possible pairs of outcomes that sum to at least 10 are: (4, 6), (5, 5), (6, 4). Each of these pairs can occur in two different ways: (4, 6) and (6, 4), (5, 5), and (6, 4). So, there are a total of 6 possible outcomes that sum to at least 10. Therefore, the probability of getting a sum of at least 10 is 6/36, which simplifies to 1/6. Thus, the correct option is (c) 1/6.

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