GATE 2025 BT – Question 35

Engineering Mathematics · Probability and Statistics: Mean, median, mode, standard deviation, random variables, Poisson, normal and binomial distributions · 1 mark · Numerical answer

Two fair six-sided dice, with sides numbered 1 to 6, are thrown once. The probability of getting 7 as the sum of the numbers on the top side of the dice is _____________. (Round off to two decimal places)

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Correct answer: 0.16 to 0.18

Explanation

Six of the 36 outcomes add up to 7: (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), (6,1). The probability is $\frac{6}{36} = 0.17$.