In: Statistics and Probability
In a dice game a player first rolls two dice. If the two numbers are l ≤ m then he wins if the third roll n has l≤n≤m. In words if he rolls a 5 and a 2, then he wins if the third roll is 2,3,4, or 5, while if he rolls two 4’s his only chance of winning is to roll another 4. What is the probability he wins?
The above problem can be tackled in many ways, but I'll use Theorem of total Probability to solve it. I have Stated explicitly the theorem however The concepts of conditional probability are prerequisites to this.