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An experiment succeeds twice as often as it fails. Find the probability that in the next six trials, there will be atleast 4 successes.

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Given,the probability of success is twice the probability of failure.
Let the probability of failure be x.
∴ Probability of success
`=>x+2x=1`
`⇒3x=1`
`⇒x=31​`

`∴2x=32​`
Again,let p=31​ and q=32​ ...
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