Consider the throwing of the two dice simultaneously. The sum of the faces of the two dice that are face-up after being thrown (or rolled) can be thought of as representing the state of the dice. What is the total number of possible states of the dice when they are thrown? (Don't forget that each possible state may have a multiplicity greater than one.) What about the probability of finding the dice in the state where their total is 4 after being thrown?

Consider the throwing of the two dice simultaneously. The sum of the faces of the two dice that are face-up after being thrown (or rolled) can be thought of as representing the state of the dice. What is the total number of possible states of the dice when they are thrown? (Don't forget that each possible state may have a multiplicity greater than one.) What about the probability of finding the dice in the state where their total is 4 after being thrown?

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Chapter10: Statistical Physics

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