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JEE Main 2021Probability Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2021 (Online) 26th August Evening Shift

Question

A fair die is tossed until six is obtained on it. Let x be the number of required tosses, then the conditional probability P(x 5 | x > 2) is :

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Correct answer
D

Step-by-step explanation

P(x 5 | x > 2) =

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