Two players and alternately throw two fair six-sided dice. Player wins if he scores 6 points before scores 7 points. Otherwise, player wins. Calculate the probability that wins, knowing that this player starts the game.
If the value of this probability can be written as , where and are relatively prime integers, find .
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P = 3 6 5 r = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 1 6 1 5 5 r = 6 1 3 0