involving the rolling of two fair dice. What is the probability of one of the dice showing 5 or the sum being at least 10?

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 involving the rolling of two fair dice.

What is the probability of one of the dice showing 5 or the sum being at least 10? 

 
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The sample space for rolling of two fair dice is given below:

S=1,1,1,2,1,3,1,4,1,5,1,62,1,2,2,2,3,2,4,2,5,2,63,1,3,2,3,3,3,4,3,5,3,64,1,4,2,4,3,4,4,4,5,4,65,1,5,2,5,3,5,4,5,5,5,66,1,6,2,6,3,6,4,6,5,6,6N(S)=36

 

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