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You roll two dice and record the sum shown. The sample space is the set of all possible sums, which are 2, 3, . . . , 11, 12.
-What is the complement of the event "the sum is less than 6 or greater than 7"?
A) The outcome is 6.
B) The outcome is 6 or 7.
C) The outcome is less than 7.
D) The outcome is 6 or larger.

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Use the following to answer the questions:  
You roll two dice and record the sum shown. The sample space is the set of all possible sums, which are 2, 3, . . . , 11, 12.
-What is the complement of the event "the sum is less than 6 or greater than 7"?
A) The outcome is 6.
B) The outcome is 6 or 7.
C) The outcome is less than 7.
D) The outcome is 6 or larger.

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The complement of the event "the sum is less than 6 or greater than 7" includes all outcomes not in that event, which are the sums equal to 6 and 7.

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