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Probability 3b:21

Reach the cheese A game for 2 players

You need: 2 centimetre cubes, 1 red, 1 blue; a dice (1- 6)

D Choose which colour mouse to be.
D Put your cube at the start.
D Take turns to roll the dice.
D Move your cube along your path for the number of spaces
shown on the dice.
D If you land on a safe path, roll the dice again.
If you land on an unsafe path, miss a turn.
D The player who reaches the cheese first wins.
D Play the game several times, keeping a note of which mouse wins.

-::~ blue mouse
~ starts here

red mouse
starts here

Is the game fair or unfair?
Why?

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