[Math] What do we mean by “a double” when we throw two dice

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In my practical assignment, I have this question.

Roll two dice and let:

$A:$ sum of $7$;

$B:$ a double;

Are these two events mutually exclusive?

I can do this part but I am not sure what "a double" means.

What I think it means:

  • $(1,1),(2,2),(3,3),(4,4),(5,5),(6,6)$. But as far as I know this is called a "doublet".
  • $(1,2),(2,4),(3,6)$ One face is the double of the other.

So someone please tell me what it could be.

Best Answer

It is entirely impossible to know exactly what the author meant. But it seems to me like a relatively safe assumption that they meant that the two dice show the same result.

"But as far as I know its called doublet." And I usually call it a pair. Many things have several different names. That's just the way it is.

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