The key word here is and. So both events have to happen. If you're rolling two dice, then die A can have a 6, and die B can have a 2, OR die A can have a 2 and die B has a 6. These are the 2 'winning' outcomes from a total of 36 possible outcomes with two dice. 2 out of 36 = 1/18 = 5.56%
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The probability of 3 specific dice rolls is the probability that each one will happen multiplied together. For instance, the probability of rolling 2 then 6 then 4 is the probability of all of these multiplied together: The probability of rolling 2 is 1/6. The probability of rolling 6 is 1/6. The probability of rolling 4 is 1/6. Multiply these together and we get the total probability as 1/216
The probability of rolling a 2 is 1 in 6. The probability of rolling an even number is 3 in 6. The probability of doing both, on two rolls, is 3 in 36, or 1 in 12.
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