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Dice Game

 Published on Saturday, 6th September 2008, 02:00 pm and solved by 17695
Difficulty: Level 3 [10%]

Problem 205

Peter has nine four-sided (pyramidal) dice, each with faces numbered $1, 2, 3, 4$.
Colin has six six-sided (cubic) dice, each with faces numbered $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6$.

Peter and Colin roll their dice and compare totals: the highest total wins. The result is a draw if the totals are equal.

What is the probability that Pyramidal Peter beats Cubic Colin? Give your answer rounded to seven decimal places in the form 0.abcdefg.



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