[Math] Probability involving drawing balls

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An urn contains 7 red and 6 white balls. Players Beavis and Butthead alternately take turns drawing a ball until a player selects a red ball. What is the probability that the player who selects first will win?

Best Answer

Let $p(n)$ be the probability that the first player to play, as $n$ white balls remain, wins.

We have $$ p(n) = \frac{7}{n+7}\times 1 + \frac{n}{n+7}\times(1-p(n-1))\\p(0) = 1 $$ (according to the result of the first turn).

From this it should be easy.