**Exercise 12.7.1**(a) Write down the 36 ways in which two dice can fall.(b) Find the probability of each of the possible totals 2, 3, ..., 12.(c) Check that the probabilities sum to 1.(d) What is the probability of throwing doubles?

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(a) Write down the 36 ways in which two dice can fall. (b) Find the probability of each of the possible totals 2, 3, ..., 12. (c) Check that the probabilities sum to 1. (d) What is the probability of throwing doubles?