Two six-sided dice were rolled, and a friend tells us that the numbers that came up were identical. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers was as follows. (Enter your probabilities as fractions.) (a)    10   (b)    11   (c)    an even number

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Two six-sided dice were rolled, and a friend tells us that the numbers that came up were identical. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers was as follows. (Enter your probabilities as fractions.)

(a)    10
 

(b)    11
 

(c)    an even number
 

(d)    an odd number
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