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Problem 441

Combinatorics Difficulty 2.0 Find the answer UKMT Pink Kangaroo · United Kingdom · 2017

Ivana has two identical dice and on the faces of each are the numbers $-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2$ . If she throws her dice and multiplies the results, what is the probability that their product is negative? (A) $\frac{1}{4}$ (B) $\frac{11}{36}$ (C) $\frac{1}{3}$ (D) $\frac{13}{36}$ (E) $\frac{1}{2}$

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