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Question
A student argues that ‘there are 11 possible outcomes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. Therefore, each of them has a probability 1/11. Do you agree with this argument?
Solution
Probability of each of these sums will not be 1/11 as these sums are not equally likely.
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