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Two dice are thrown at the same time and the product of numbers appearing on them is noted. Find the probability that the product is less than 9.

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When two dice are thrown at the same time, the total number of possible outcomes is:
6 × 6 = 36

We need to find the number of outcomes where the product of the two numbers is less than 9.

Let’s list all such outcomes where product is less than 9:
(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (2,4), (3,1), (3,2), (4,1), (4,2), (5,1), (6,1)

There are 16 such outcomes where the product is less than 9.
So, the required probability = 16 / 36 = 4 / 9

Hence answer is 4/9

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