# Problem solving rolling dice

You are rolling two fair dice, and you are blindfolded, after a certain roll, your partner tells you that you have rolled at least 9.

1. What is the probability that you have rolled at least 11?
2. What is the probability that you have actually rolled an 11?
• What are the rules exactly? Does your partner tell you that you have rolled at least 9 as soon as this is true? Or could he remain silent until after you've done a few further rolls (after which you of course still have rolled at least 9)? – celtschk Dec 19 '15 at 16:43
• 3. What have you tried??? – barak manos Dec 19 '15 at 16:49

If you have rolled in at least $9$, then the possible outcomes are $(4,5),(5,4),(6,3),(3,6),(4,6),(6,4),(5,5),(5,6),(6,5),(6,6)$ i.e. there are $10$ possible outcomes.
If you have rolled in at least $11$, then the possible outcomes are $(5,6),(6,5),(6,6)$ i.e. there are $3$ possible outcomes.
If you have rolled in exactly $11$, then the possible outcomes are $(5,6),(6,5)$ i.e. there are $2$ possible outcomes.
So the probability in case (1) is $\frac{3}{10}$. And the probability in case (2) is $\frac{2}{10}=\frac{1}{5}$.