SOLUTION: a pair of symmetric hexagonal dice is thrown. if the sum of the open holes is 5, player A wins and the game ends. if the sum of the openings is 7, B wins and no more games are play

Question 1191402: a pair of symmetric hexagonal dice is thrown. if the sum of the open holes is 5, player A wins and the game ends. if the sum of the openings is 7, B wins and no more games are played. what is the probability that A will win after 9 throws? that B after 9 throws will win? that A will win?

Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

To have any chance of solving the problem, we have to assume that the two players take turns throwing the dice; otherwise the problem makes no sense. The statement of the problem is deficient in not specifying this.

But there is a fatal problem with the statement of the problem as given, because the answers to all the questions depend on which player throws first.

Re-post the problem, defining it precisely....

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