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Four fair six-sided dice are rolled. The probability that the sum of the results being $22$ is $\dfrac{X}{1296}$. The value of $X$ is _______
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Why we r not thinking this way -

(6,6,6,4) OR (6,6,5,5)

So probability will be:

(1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6) + (1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6 * 1/6) = 2/1296

So, value of X is 2
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