Throw a coloured die until blue face is on top

probability

A game is played by rolling a six sided die which has four red faces and two blue faces. One turn consists of throwing the die repeatedly until a blue face is on top or the die has been thrown 4 times

Adnan and Beryl each have one turn. Find the probability that Adnan throws the die more turns than Beryl

I tried :
Adnan throws two times and Beryl throws once = $\frac{2}{3}$ x $\frac{1}{3}$

Adnan throws three times and Beryl throws once =$\frac{4}{9}$ x $\frac{1}{3}$

Adnan throws three times and Beryl throws twice = $\frac{4}{9}$ x $\frac{2}{3}$

Adnan throws four times and Beryl throws once = $\frac{8}{27}$ x $\frac{1}{3}$

Adnan throws four times and Beryl throws twice = $\frac{8}{27}$ x $\frac{2}{3}$

Adnan throws four times and Beryl throws three times =$\frac{8}{27}$ x$\frac{4}{9}$

The answer says 0.365

Please help

Best Answer

Well, A throws it more often than B in the following cases:
B throws 1, A throws 2,3,4
B throws 2, A throws 3,4
B throws 3, A throws 4

And now you go and check for the all-together probability of these events. For example:
B throws 1, A throws 2,3,4:
$\mathbb{P}(B=1) = \frac{2}{6}$ and $\mathbb{P}(A\in \{2,3,4\}) = \mathbb{P}(A \neq 1) = \frac{4}{6}$. And finally $\mathbb{P}(B=1 \cap A \neq 1) = \mathbb{P}(B=1) \cdot \mathbb{P}(A \neq 1) = \frac{2}{9}$. Note that I used that the events are independent.

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