Henry Ernest Dudeney/Modern Puzzles/205 - The Three Dice
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Modern Puzzles by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $205$
- The Three Dice
- Mason and Jackson were playing with three dice.
- The player won whenever the numbers thrown added up to one of the two numbers he selected at the beginning of the game.
- As a matter of fact, Mason selected $7$ and $13$, and one of his winning throws was $6$, $4$, $3$.
- What were his chances of winning a throw?
- And what two other numbers should Jackson have selected for his own throws to make his chances of winning exactly equal?
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Sources
- 1926: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Modern Puzzles ... (previous) ... (next): Puzzle Games: $205$. -- The Three Dice
- 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Game Puzzles: $474$. The Three Dice