JEE Advance - Mathematics (2009 - Paper 1 Offline - No. 6)

A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required.
A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required.
A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required.
The conditional probability that $$X\ge6$$ given $$X>3$$ equals :
$${{125} \over {216}}$$
$${{25} \over {216}}$$
$${{5} \over {36}}$$
$${{25} \over {36}}$$

Explanation

$$X \ge 6$$: The probability for

$${{{5^5}} \over {{6^6}}} + {{{5^6}} \over {{6^7}}}\, + \,...\, + \,\infty = {{{5^5}} \over {{6^6}}}\left( {{1 \over {1 - 5/6}}} \right) = {\left( {{5 \over 6}} \right)^5}$$

For $$X>3$$, we have

$${{{5^3}} \over {{6^4}}} + {{{5^4}} \over {{6^5}}}\, + {{{5^5}} \over {{6^6}}}\, + ...\, + \,\infty = {\left( {{5 \over 6}} \right)^3}$$

Hence, the conditional probability is

$${{{{(5/6)}^6}} \over {{{(5/6)}^3}}} = {{25} \over {36}}$$

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