2 people are playing a game in which a coin is tossed 11 times. The first player gets a point for a toss of heads. The other player gets a poing for a toss of tails. whoever gets 6 pts. first wins. Suppose that so far the 1st player has 2 pts. and the 2nd player has 4 pts. What is the probability that the 1st payer wins the game?

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anonymous · Answer

4 out of 6

anonymous · Answer

how did you get that?

anonymous · Answer

because 1st player is right now 2pts right so 2 to get to 6 pts is 4pts so is 4 out of 6

anonymous · Answer

i don't know... i think there's more to it than that. but thanks for trying (: