Coin Toss Computational Probablity
Source: STEMS 2023 Maths CAT A Part A P7
January 8, 2023
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Problem Statement
Suppose a biased coin gives head with probability . The coin is tossed repeatedly, if
it shows heads then player rolls a fair die, otherwise player rolls the same die. The process
ends when one of the players get a , and that player is declared the winner.If the probability that will win is given by where are coprime, then what is the value of ?