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2008 AMC 10B Problem 20

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2008 AMC 10B Problem 20AMC 10 Step by Step

Name: Date: September 13, 2026

Basic Probability · difficulty 3 of 5 · about 4 min · position P16-20

The faces of a cubical die are marked with the numbers $1$ , $2$ , $2$ , $3$ , $3$ , and $4$ . The faces of another die are marked with the numbers $1$ , $3$ , $4$ , $5$ , $6$ , and $8$ . Both dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the top two numbers will be $5$ , $7$ , or $9$ ?

A)
$5/18$
B)
$7/18$
C)
$11/18$
D)
$3/4$
E)
$8/9$

2008 AMC 10B Problem 20

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