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Transcribed Image Text:15 Stick or Roll
Stick or roll is a game involving two players, A and B, and a die with
four faces (numbered 1, 2, 3, 4). The faces are equally likely to occur
when the die is rolled.
Plaver A rolls the die once and sticks with that number as the score or
rolls it again and scores the sum of the two numbers.
• If A's score is greater than 4 then A loses.
If A's score is 4 then A wins.
If A's score is less than 4, then B rolls the die once and sticks with
that number as the score or rolls it again and scores the sum of the two
numbers.
• If B's score is greater than 4 then B loses.
• If B's score is 4 or less and equal to A's or less, then B loses.
• If B's score is 4 or less and greater than A's, then B wins.
Player B sticks on the first roll if that number wins and rolls again if it
doesn't win and it is possible to win with a second roll.
Some example games might be:
* A rolls a 2, chooses to roll again and rolls a 3. A's score is then 5 so
A loses and B wins.
* A rolls a 2 and chooses not to roll again. B rolls a 2, so rolls again
and rolls another 2. B's score is then 4, so B wins.
* A rolls a 1, chooses to roll again and rolls a 2. B rolls a 2, rolls again
and rolls a 3. B's score is then 5 soB loses and A wins.
In solutions to the following questions express all probabilities exactly.
a If A's score is 3. describe the ways in which B could win.
Score is 3, what is the probability that B wins?
e If A's score is 2, what is the probability that B wins?
b If A's
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