From Monopoly to Backgammon to Yahtzee, our first experiences with board games almost always feature sets of six-sided dice. They’re a great way to create some randomness and chaos in a game, but ...

The sample space diagram shows there are 6 ways of making a 7, out of a total of 36 possible outcomes. Therefore, the probability of rolling two dice and the sum being 7 is \(\frac{6}{36} = \frac{1}{6 ...

Let's say I roll two dice, a d8 and a d12… How do I calculate the probability that the d12 will a) win, b) be equal, c) lose? There is probably a name for this equation, but my google-fu is lacking.

Two coins are tossed, finding the probability that two heads are obtained. Note: Each coin has two possible outcomes H (heads) and T (Tails). A die is rolled and a coin is tossed, find the probability ...