Question: Given that the red die came up 3, what is the probability that the sum of the dice is 5? Is the probability the same

Given that the red die came up 3, what is the probability that the sum of the dice is 5? Is the probability the same as it was before the red die was observed?

Two dice are rolled. One is red and one is blue. Each will come up with a number between 1 and 6.

There are 36 equally likely outcomes for this experiment. They are ordered pairs of the form

(Red die, Blue die).

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