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EXERCISE 8.1 · Q2

Q.A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered a success, find the probability of two successes.

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A pair of dice is thrown n=4n=4 times. A doublet (both dice showing the same face) has 6 favourable outcomes out of 6×6=366\times6=36, so p=636=16p=\dfrac{6}{36}=\dfrac16 and q=56q=\dfrac56; hence X∼B(4,16)X\sim B\left(4,\tfrac16\right).

P(X=2)=4C2(16)2(56)2=6×136×2536=1501296=25216P(X=2)={}^{4}C_2\left(\dfrac16\right)^2\left(\dfrac56\right)^2=6\times\dfrac1{36}\times\dfrac{25}{36}=\dfrac{150}{1296}=\dfrac{25}{216}.

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P(X=2)=25216≈0.1157P(X=2)=\dfrac{25}{216}\approx0.1157.

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