More primes with one extra die roll
Question
Player one rolls a fair die times and player two rolls one times. What is the probability that player two rolls strictly more prime numbers than player one?
Short answer
. Compare after rolls each. By symmetry, two is ahead with the same probability as one, say where is the tie probability. Two wins if ahead already, or if tied and the extra roll is prime (probability , since 2, 3, 5 are prime): .
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- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Counting and Combinatorics
- Expectation, Mean, and Variance
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