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2008 AMC 10B Problem 20

The faces of a cubical die are marked with the numbers 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, and 4. The faces of another die are marked with the numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8. Both dice are thrown. What is the probability that the sum of the top two numbers will be 5, 7, or 9?

\mathrm{(A)}\ 5/18\qquad\mathrm{(B)}\ 7/18\qquad\mathrm{(C)}\ 11/18\qquad\mathrm{(D)}\ 3/4\qquad\mathrm{(E)}\ 8/9


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