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Probability: Successive Events

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Juliana is playing a board game that uses two common 6-sided dice, numbered from 1 to 6. She needs to advance on the board and, to do so, she needs to roll a sum of 10 points in the next two plays. Considering that the dice rolls are successive and independent events, answer: (a) What is the probability of Juliana achieving the desired sum in the next two plays? (b) If Juliana decides to try only one play to get a sum of 10, what would be the probability of success? (c) Analyzing the results of parts (a) and (b), what strategy should Juliana follow to increase her chances of success?

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