Sample Space Diagrams

Author:Michele Conway, Belle Cottingham, Alastair Duncombe & Amanda George
Lower Secondary Stage 9
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Important Questions on Sample Space Diagrams

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A spinner with n sides is spun and the number it lands on is noted. The same spinner is then spun again, and the number shown the second time is added to the number shown the first time. A sample space diagram is drawn to show the possible outcomes. How many entries are in sample space diagram?

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Two fair dice, each of which has six faces labelled 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 respectively, are thrown and the numbers shown on the two dice are added.

Sura says that because there are 11 possible results of adding the two numbers shown 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 and 12 then the probability that the sum of the two numbers is 12 is 111. Explain why this is not the case.