Tossing two dice. Some games of chance rely on tossing two dice. Each die has six faces, marked with 1, 2, . . . , 6 spots. The dice used in casinos are carefully balanced so that each face is equally likely to come up. When two dice are tossed, each of the 36 possible pairs of faces is equally likely to come up. The outcome of interest to a gambler is the sum of the spots on the two up-faces. Call this random variable X.
(a) Write down all 36 possible pairs of faces.
(b) If all pairs have the same probability, what must be the probability of each pair?
(c) Write the value of X next to each pair of faces and use this information with the result of (b) to give the probability distribution of X. Draw a probability histogram to display the distribution.
(d) One bet available in craps wins if a 7 or an 11 comes up on the next roll of two dice. What is the probability of rolling a 7 or an 11 on the next roll?
(e) Several bets in craps lose if a 7 is rolled. If any outcome other than 7 occurs, these bets either win or continue to the next roll. What is the probability that anything other than a 7 is rolled?