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any shorter approach for this prob

by quantskillsgmat » Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:50 pm
Q Bill and jane play a simple game involving two fair dice,each of which has six sided numbered from 1 to 6n(with equal chances of landing any side).Bill rolls the dice and his score is the total of two dice.Jane then rolls the dice and her score is total of two dice.If Janes score is higher than Bills , she wins.what is prob that Jane will win the game.
a)15/36 b)175/432 c)575/1296 d)583/1296 e)1/2
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by GMATGuruNY » Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:09 am
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