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What is the probability of rolling a total of 7 with two dice at least once in 10 rolls?

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Hint: Probability is a branch of mathematics concerned with empirical representations of the likelihood of an occurrence occurring or the truth of a proposition. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1, with 0 indicating impossibility and 1 indicating certainty.

Complete step-by-step solution:
A six-sided cube with the numbers 16 on the faces is the most common type of die.
When we roll a die there are 6possible outcomes. Hence, there are 36 possible outcomes when flipping two dice.
Six of the 36 outcomes have a total of seven:
{1+6,2+5,3+4,4+3,5+2,6+1}
That is, 30 of the 36 possible outcomes will not be a total of 7.
3036=56
56 of the time, we will not get a total of 7 on the first roll.
i.e., We didn't get a 7 on the first roll 56 of the time.
56 of the time, we will not get 7 on the second roll.
That is, we will not get a total of 7 on either of the first two rolls 56×56=(56)2 of the time.
Following this logic, we can see that (56)10 of the time, we will not get a total of 7 on any of the first 10rolls.
i.e.; Approximately 16.5% of the time, we will not get a total of 7on any of the first 10 rolls.
This means that at least one of the first ten rolls would result in a total of 7.
100%16.5%=83.85%
Hence, the probability of rolling a total of 7 with two dice at least once in 10 rolls is 83.85%

Note: The higher an event's probability, the more likely it is that it will occur. The underlying dynamics and regularities of complex systems are often defined using probability theory.

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