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Q.A die is thrown repeatedly until a six comes up. What is the sample space?

Jammu Kashmir JkboseJammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (Class 11) 2022Subjective· 2mImportance★★★★★
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Since the die is thrown until a six appears, the sample space is infinite, consisting of all sequences of non-six throws followed by the first six.

The die is thrown repeatedly, and the experiment stops as soon as a 6 appears.

  • If a 6 appears on the first throw: outcome is 66.
  • If not (outcome in {1,2,3,4,5}\{1,2,3,4,5\}) then a 6 appears on the second throw: outcome is (i,6)(i,6) where i∈{1,2,3,4,5}i\in\{1,2,3,4,5\}.
  • If the first two throws are non-six and the third is 6: outcome is (i,j,6)(i,j,6).
  • And so on, indefinitely.

So the sample space is: …

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