Question

A pairs of fair dice is tossed . What is the probability of not getting a sum 5 or 9 ?

Answer 1

28/36 or 7/9

Explanation:

there are 36 possible answers

4 of them equal 5 (1+4, 2+3, 3+2, 4+1)

4 of them equal 9 (3+6, 4+5, 5+4, 6+3)

8-36 = 28