Adjacent faces on two dice
Two fair dice are rolled. What is the probability that the two faces are consecutive integers (differ by exactly 1, in either order)? Give a decimal to four places.
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- "Consecutive" means the gap - first list the unordered pairs.
- The sample space is ordered: count each pair in both directions over 36.
Answer
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0.2778 (± 0.001)
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