In a game two players A and B take turns in throwing a pair of fair dice starting with player A and total of scores on the two dice, in each throw is noted. A wins the game if he throws total a of 6 before B throws a total of 7 and B wins the game if he throws a total of 7 before A throws a total of six. The game stops as soon as either of the players wins. The probability of A winning the game is :

If a and b are real numbers such that
$${\left( {2 + \alpha } \right)^4} = a + b\alpha $$
where $$\alpha = {{ - 1 + i\sqrt 3 } \over 2}$$ then a + b is equal to :

If $$\overrightarrow a = 2\widehat i + \widehat j + 2\widehat k$$, then the value of

$${\left| {\widehat i \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat i} \right)} \right|^2} + {\left| {\widehat j \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat j} \right)} \right|^2} + {\left| {\widehat k \times \left( {\overrightarrow a \times \widehat k} \right)} \right|^2}$$ is equal to____

The area (in sq. units) of the largest rectangle ABCD whose vertices A and B lie on the x-axis and vertices C and D lie on the parabola, y = x²–1 below the x-axis, is :