Dice Trouble

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Two players A A and B B alternately throw two fair six-sided dice. Player A A wins if he scores 6 points before B B scores 7 points. Otherwise, player B B wins. Calculate the probability that A A wins, knowing that this player starts the game.

If the value of this probability can be written as m n \displaystyle{\frac{m}{n}} , where m m and n n are relatively prime integers, find m + n m+n .


The answer is 91.

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1 solution

P = 5 36 r = 0 155 216 r = 30 61 P=\frac{5}{36}\sum_{r=0}^\infty{\frac{155}{216}^r}=\frac{30}{61}

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