Two fair dice are rolled and the sum r of the numbers turned up is considered A. Pr(r > 6) = (1/6) B. Pr(r/3 is an integer) = (5/6) C. Pr(r = 8 | r/4 is an integer) = (5/9) D. Pr(r = 6 | r/5 is an integer) = (1/18)

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The correct answer is: C. Pr(r = 8 | r/4 is an integer) = (5/9)

The probability of event A happening, given that event B has already happened, is called the conditional probability of A given B, and is denoted by $P(A|B)$.

In this case, event A is “the sum of the numbers turned up is 8” and event B is “the sum of the numbers turned up is a multiple of 4”.

There are 36 possible outcomes when two fair dice are rolled. The number of outcomes where the sum is 8 is 5: (2, 6), (3, 5), (4, 4), (5, 3), and (6, 2).

The number of outcomes where the sum is a multiple of 4 is 12: (2, 2), (2, 6), (3, 3), (3, 6), (4, 4), (4, 6), (5, 5), (5, 6), (6, 6), (1, 5), (5, 1), and (6, 4).

Therefore, the probability of the sum of the numbers turned up being 8, given that the sum is a multiple of 4, is $\frac{5}{12}$.

The other options are incorrect because:

  • Option A is the probability of the sum of the numbers turned up being greater than 6, which is $\frac{1}{6}$.
  • Option B is the probability of the sum of the numbers turned up being a multiple of 3, which is $\frac{5}{6}$.
  • Option D is the probability of the sum of the numbers turned up being 6, given that the sum is a multiple of 5, which is $\frac{1}{18}$.