Two dice are thrown simultaneously to get the coordinates of a point on the - plane. Then the probability that the point lies inside or on the region bounded by is of the form , where and are co- prime integers . Find
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The equation ∣ x ∣ + ∣ y ∣ = 3 is just a square with vertices at 3 and − 3 on the x and y axes. Since we are dealing with dice, the coordinates must both be positive. That gives us only three possible coordinates: ( 1 , 1 ) , ( 1 , 2 ) and ( 2 , 1 ) . There is only one way to roll each of these coordinates, so our final fraction is 3 6 3 where 3 is the number of possible coordinates that lie inside our region, and 3 6 is the number of total possible coordinates. Finally, we simplify our fraction since the numerator and denominator of our fraction must be co-prime. The result should be 1 2 1 . 1 + 1 2 = 1 3 . So our answer is 1 3