India v/s Pak Once again

In a series of five one day cricket matches between India and Pakistan ,the probability of India winning or drawing are respectively 1 3 \dfrac{1}{3} and 1 6 \dfrac{1}{6} .If a win,loss or draw gives 2,0 or 1 point respectively that India will score 5 points in the series.

If the above probability could be represented as A B \dfrac{A}{B} , where A A and B B are coprime positivei ntegers, find A + B A+B .


The answer is 8977.

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Harshi Singh
Mar 25, 2016

The Question is practically impossible as the probability of india winning from pakistan can't be only 1 3 \frac{1}{3}

Kudos isn't this an IIT problem?

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