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A pair of dice is rolled again and again till a total of 5 or 7 is obtained. The chance that a total of 5 comes before a total of 7 is??
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Favourable cases for 5: {(1,4), (2,3)}
Favourable cases for 7: {(1,6), (2,5), (3,4)}

(I ignored the reverse cases like (4,1) for (1,4) as this happens for both 5 and 7 and hence won't affect the probability)

So, chance that total of 5 comes before 7 = 2/5

(We can ignore all other cases, as questions asks for probability of sum = 5 compared to sum = 7)
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1/9 is the probability of sum of 5 and 1/6 is the probability of sum of 7. Probability that neither happens = 26/36 = 13/18. 

$$S=1/9 + 13/18  \times 1/9 + \dots $$

In words win5 +loss(5,7)win5 +....

It is a GP series with first term $1/9$ and common ratio $13/18$.

$$ S=\frac{1/9}{(1-(13/18)} =\frac{2}{5}$$

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