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Gaussian Curve
The diagram below shows how many ways two six-sided dice can be tossed and land with each number. The number 7 appers most often because there are more ways to land two dice with their sum being 7. Gauss developed this curve by formulating the equation of the curve. There are 36 ways to land different sums below. You can try to make a similar chart at home and try to find all the different possible sums with two eight-sided dice.
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| 3 + 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 + 3 | 4 + 3 | 4 + 4 | ||||||||
| 3 + 2 | 4 + 2 | 5 + 2 | 5 + 3 | 5 + 4 | ||||||
| 2 + 2 | 2 + 3 | 2 + 4 | 2 + 5 | 3 + 5 | 4 + 5 | 5 + 5 | ||||
| 1 + 2 | 3 + 1 | 4 + 1 | 5 + 1 | 6 + 1 | 6 + 2 | 6 + 3 | 6 + 4 | 6 + 5 | ||
| 1 +1 | 2 + 1 | 1 + 3 | 1 + 4 | 1 + 5 | 1 + 6 | 2 + 6 | 3 + 6 | 4 + 6 | 5 + 6 | 6 + 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |