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A pair of unbiased dice are rolled together till a sum of either 5 or 7 is obtained. Then find the probability that 5 comes before 7.

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5 can be thrown in 4 ways and 7 can be thrown in 6 ways, hence number of ways of throwing neither 5 nor 7 is `36-(4+6)=26`
`:." Probability of throwing a five in a single throw with a pair of dice `=(4)/(36)=(1)/(9)` and probability of throwing neither 5 nor `7=(26)/(36)=(13)/(18)`
Hence, required probability
`=((1)/(9))+((13)/(18))((1)/(9))+((13)/(18))^(2)((1)/(9))+...=((1)/(9))/(1-(13)/(18))=(2)/(5)`
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