Mathematics · Probability

JEE Main 2024 — 27 January, Shift 1 — Question 24

A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required and let a=P(X=3),b=P(X≥3)\mathrm{a}=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3), \mathrm{b}=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X} \geq 3) and c=\mathrm{c}= P(X≥6∣X>3)P(X \geq 6 \mid X>3). Then b+ca\frac{b+c}{a} is equal to

Answer: 12

Numerical answer — enter this value.

Step-by-step solution

a=P(X=3)=56×56×16=25216\mathrm{a}=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X}=3)=\frac{5}{6} \times \frac{5}{6} \times \frac{1}{6}=\frac{25}{216}

b=P(X≥3)=56×56×16+(56)3⋅16+(56)4⋅16+……\mathrm{b}=\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X} \geq 3)=\frac{5}{6} \times \frac{5}{6} \times \frac{1}{6}+\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{3} \cdot \frac{1}{6}+\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{4} \cdot \frac{1}{6}+\ldots \ldots

=252161−56=25216×61=2536=\frac{\frac{25}{216}}{1-\frac{5}{6}}=\frac{25}{216} \times \frac{6}{1}=\frac{25}{36}

P(X≥6)=(56)5⋅16+(56)6⋅16+……P(X \geq 6)=\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{5} \cdot \frac{1}{6}+\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{6} \cdot \frac{1}{6}+\ldots \ldots. =(56)5⋅161−56=(56)5=\frac{\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{5} \cdot \frac{1}{6}}{1-\frac{5}{6}}=\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{5}

c=(56)5(56)3=2536c=\frac{\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{5}}{\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{3}}=\frac{25}{36}

b+ca=(56)2+(56)2(56)2⋅16=12\frac{b+c}{a}=\frac{\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{2}+\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{2}}{\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{2} \cdot \frac{1}{6}}=12

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Probability
Topic
Random Variables, Binomial & Poission Distribution