A pair of dice is cast until either the sum of seven or eight appears. (a) Show

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A pair of dice is cast until either the sum of seven or eight appears.
(a) Show that the probability of a seven before an eight is 6/11.
(b) Next, this pair of dice is cast until a seven appears twice or until each of a six and eight has appeared at least once. Show that the probability of the six and eight occurring before two sevens is 0.546.

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Introduction To Mathematical Statistics

ISBN: 9780321794710

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Authors: Robert V., Joseph W. McKean, Allen T. Craig

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