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A biased die in the shape of a pyramid has five faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 . The possible scores are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Px=k-x25, where k is a constant.

The die is rolled three times and the scores are added together. Evaluate k and find the probability that the sum of the three scores is less than 5 .

Important Questions on Probability

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that a player's counter is on 'start' after rolling the die once.

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that a player's counter is on 'start' after rolling the die twice.

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that after rolling the die three times, a player's counter is on 18.

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that after rolling the die three times, a player's counter is on 17.

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Y and Z are independent events. P(Y)=0.7 and P(Z)=0.9. Find P(YZ).
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Two independent events are M and N . Given that P(M)=0.75 and P(MN)=0.21, find P(N).
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Independent events S and T are such that P(S)=0.4 and PT'=0.2. Find:

P(ST)

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Independent events S and T are such that P(S)=0.4 and PT'=0.2. Find:

PS'T.