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With n dice* the most common outcome can be found from:
most_common = 7n ÷ 2
If n is odd, this results in a fraction and there are actually two most common results which are the whole numbers either side of the fraction (eg with 3 dice, the most common value given above is 21/2 = 10½ which means that the most common value with 3 dice is 10 or 11 - both occur with the same frequency).
For two dice this gives:
most_common = (7 × 2) ÷ 2 = 7.
* As the word "dice" is the plural of the word "die", n > 1.
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You roll two dice What is the probability of the event that you roll a total of seven or twelve on the two dice?
The probability is 7/36.
If you roll two dice what is the probability of the event that you roll a total of eleven on the two dice?
Of the 36 possible combinations rolling two dice there are 2 combinations that add up to 11 so the odds are 18:1
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Using 2 dice is the most likely number to roll?
There are 21 possible combinations of 2 dice. The total with the most possible combinations is 7, which has three. (6+1,5+2,4+3) This is not right. By this logic 6 and 8 have equal chances of being rolled as I can roll a six through the numbers, 5-1, 4-2, 3-3. When counting the probability of a number to be rolled you have to assume the dice do not care the order in which they are rolled. That is to say, a roll of 5-2, and 2-5 are NOT the same. It is for this reason we find that 7 truly has many more ways a being rolled. 2-5, 5-2, 6-1, 1-6, 3-4, 4-3. While both 6 and 8 have less because one of their dice rolls cannot be counted twice the double roll. For six this is the 3-3 roll, and for eight its the 4-4 roll. That is why 7 is the most common roll on two dice.
