2014 AIME II Problem 6


Charles has two six-sided dice. One of the dice is fair, and the other die is biased so that it comes up six with probability 23,\tfrac23, and each of the other five sides has probability 115.\tfrac{1}{15}. Charles chooses one of the two dice at random and rolls it three times. Given that the first two rolls are both sixes, the probability that the third roll will also be a six is pq,\tfrac{p}{q}, where pp and qq are relatively prime positive integers. Find p+qp+q.


Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034. Full credit goes to MAA for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the AOPS website.

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