If I had a pair of six-sided dice to see what the distribution of the sums would be.  a. What is the expected relative frequency of the sums of 2

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If I had a pair of six-sided dice to see what the distribution of the sums would be. 

a. What is the expected relative frequency of the sums of 2-12

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Step 1

From the given information, two fair dice rolled.

The total sample space:

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Let us denote the random variable X as the sum of the sides of the two dice.

X

Frequency

Relative frequency=corresponding frequency/Total frequency

2

1

1/36=0.027777778

3

2

2/36=0.055555556

4

3

0.083333333

5

4

0.111111111

6

5

0.138888889

7

6

0.166666667

8

5

0.138888889

9

4

0.111111111

10

3

0.083333333

11

2

0.055555556

12

1

0.027777778

 

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