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JEE Mains · Maths · STD 12 - 13. probability

A fair die is tossed until six is obtained on it. Let \(X\) be the number of required tosses, then the conditional probability \(\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{X} \geq 5 \mid \mathrm{X}>2)\) is :

  1. A \(\frac{125}{216}\)
  2. B \(\frac{11}{36}\)
  3. C \(\frac{5}{6}\)
  4. D \(\frac{25}{36}\)
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(D) \(\frac{25}{36}\)

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\(\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x} \geq 5 \mid \mathrm{x}>2)=\frac{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x} \geq 5)}{\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x}>2)}\)…