JEE Main 2022 — Probability Question with Solution
From: JEE Main 2022 (Online) 25th June Evening Shift
Question
A biased die is marked with numbers 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 32 on its faces and the probability of getting a face with mark n is . If the die is thrown thrice, then the probability, that the sum of the numbers obtained is 48, is :
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Step-by-step explanation
There are only two ways to get sum 48, which are (32, 8, 8) and (16, 16, 16)
So, required probability
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