Rolling 2 dice and getting a sum of 8 twice in succession.

Question

Rolling 2 dice and getting a sum of 8 twice in succession.
 
 
The event isindependent
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The probability is
Give answer as a simplified fraction

Answer 1

There are many ways of getting a total of 8: (2,6) (3,5), (4,4), (5,3) and (6,2) -- 5 out of 36 possible outcomes.

 

P(two consecutive rolls totaling 8 each) = (5/36)²