285.Second Die Beats the First
★★★classical probabilityJane Street
Two fair six-sided dice are rolled, one after the other. What is the probability that the second shows a strictly higher number than the first?
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Split the 36 outcomes into three groups: second higher, second lower, and equal. Two of those groups are the same size.
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