How to find cumulative density function

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I'm trying to solve the problem below using CDF and kinda lost. Can someone show me how it is done?

What is the probability that I roll two dice and they add up to at most 9?

$F(x) = P(X <= x)$

$F(9) = P(X <= 9)$

Do I make some table or something? I'm really lost.

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Let $X,Y$ denote the first and the 2nd rolls and let $S=X+Y$. Note that $$ \mathbb{P}[S \le 9] = 1 - \mathbb{P}[S=12] - \mathbb{P}[S=11] - \mathbb{P}[S=10] $$ Can you take it from here?