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A pair of dice is thrown until the sum of numbers appeared is a perfect square or a non-perfect square sum appeared five times in succession. If random variable $X$ denotes the number of non perfect square sums appeared, then $P(X > 0)$ is

$\frac{7}{36}$

$\frac{29}{36}$

$1$

$\frac{1}{2}$

✅ Correct Option: 2

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