Question

With two dice, each numbered 1-6, there are two possible ways to roll a 3: thus, for the outcome of 3 (a particular macrostate) there are 2 microstates. how many possible ways are there to roll a 4?

Answer 1

Microstates for a sum of 3 : (1,2) and (2,1)
Microstates for a sum of 4: (1,3),(2,2),(3,1) so three possible microstates.