Suppose that we roll two fair six-sided dice and record the numbers showing as an ordered pair. Let Y denote the absolute value of the difference of the two numbers. Find ?(Y).

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Suppose that we roll two fair six-sided dice and record the numbers showing as an ordered pair. Let Y denote the absolute value of the difference of the two numbers. Find ?(Y).

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Difference between the two numbers is denoted by Y.

There can be 6 possible values of Y.

There are 36 possible outcomes of rolling two fair sided .

 

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 0 :

P(0)=636

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 1 :

P(1)=1036

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 2 :

P(2)=836

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 3 :

P(3)=636

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 4 :

P(4)=436

Probability that the absolute difference between the numbers is 5 :

P(5)=236

 

 

 

 

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