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There are 36 permutations of rolling two dice. Of these, 9 of them result in a sum of 9 or greater, specifically 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 5-4, 5-6, 4-5, 4-6, and 3-6.

The probability, then, of rolling a sum greater than 8 on a pair of fair dice is 9 in 36, or 1 in 4, or 0.25.

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