Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:

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Clearly, n(S) = (6 x 6) = 36. Let E = Event that the sum is a prime number. Then E = { (1, 1), (1, 2), (1, 4), (1, 6), (2, 1), (2, 3), (2, 5), (3, 2)…

∴ P(E) =	n(E)	=	15	=	5	.
	n(S)		36		12

Two dice are tossed. The probability that the total score is a prime number is:

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