When two standard six-sided dice are rolled, there are 6 × 6 = 36 equally likely ordered outcomes. To find the probability that the sum is 7, count all ordered pairs that produce 7. These are (1,6), (2,5), (3,4), (4,3), (5,2), and (6,1). There are 6 favorable outcomes. Therefore, the probability is 6/36, which simplifies to 1/6. Since the answer choices include both 6/36 and 1/6, the listed answer from the PDF uses the unsimplified equivalent form, 6/36. Option C, 5/36, omits one valid ordered pair. Option D, 1/12, is too small because it would represent only 3 favorable outcomes out of 36. This problem reinforces that dice outcomes are ordered when two dice are rolled, so (1,6) and (6,1) are counted separately. Study Guide references/topics: sample spaces, dice probability, favorable outcomes, theoretical probability.

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