Home
Class 12
MATHS
If the probability of hitting a target b...

If the probability of hitting a target by a shooter, in any shot is 1/3, then the minimum number of independent shots at the target required by him so that the probability of hitting the target at least once is greater than `(5)/(6)` is

A

6

B

5

C

4

D

3

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
B
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • PROBABILITY

    MCGROW HILL PUBLICATION|Exercise Previous Years B-Architecture Entrance Examination Papers|21 Videos

  • PROBABILITY

    MCGROW HILL PUBLICATION|Exercise Exercises (Numerical Answer)|28 Videos

  • PERMUTATIONS AND COMBINATIONS

    MCGROW HILL PUBLICATION|Exercise Questions from Previous Years. B-Architecture Entrance Examination Papers |17 Videos

  • PROGRESSIONS

    MCGROW HILL PUBLICATION|Exercise Questions from Previous Years. B-Architecture Entrance Examination Papers|25 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The probability of a shooter hitting a target is (3)/(4). How many minimum number of xx must he/she fire so that the probability of hitting the target at least once is more than 0.99?

The probability of a man hitting a target is 1/4. How many xx must he fire so that the probability of his hitting the target at lest once is greater than 2/3?

The probability of a man hitting a target is 1/2. How many xx must he fire so that the probability of hitting the target at least once is more than 90% .

If probability of hitting a target is 1/10 , Then number of shot required so that probability to hit target at least once is greater than 1/4 .

The probability that a shooter hits a target is (1)/(3). The minimum number of trials such that probability hitting the target atleast once is greater than (5)/(6) is equal to (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d)

A man can hit a target 2 times out of every 3 shots. The least number of times he must shoot, so that the probability of hitting the target at least twice is more than 0.9 is

The probability of a man hitting a target 2 is He fires at the target K times (k a 5 given number). Then the minimum k so that the probability of hitting the target 7 at least once is more than 10 is

The probabilities of hitting a target by A, B and C are 3/5,3/4 and 1/3 respectively. If all three hits the target simultaneously then find the probability of hitting the target by the least two of them.

The probability of a man hitting a target in one fire is (1)/(5). Then the minimum number of fire he must follow in order-or-to make his chance of hitting the target more than (3)/(4) is

The probability of hitting a target in any shot is 0.5 If 10 shorts are fired , find the probability that the target will be hit in an odd number of times .

MCGROW HILL PUBLICATION-PROBABILITY-Previous Years AIEEE/JEE Main Papers
  1. Two different families A and B are blessed with equal number of child...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. An urn contains 5 red and 2 green balls. A ball is drawn at random fro...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. An unbiased coin is tossed. If the outcome is a head then a pair of un...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. If the probability of hitting a target by a shooter, in any shot is 1/...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. Two integers are selected at random from the set {1, 2, …, 11}. Given ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Let S={1,2,...,20} A subset B of S is said to be "nice", if the sum of...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. There are 30 white balls and 10 red balls in bag. 16 balls are drawn w...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. In a random experiment, a fair die is rolled until two fours are obtai...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. In a class of 60 students, 40 opted for NCC, 30 opted for NSS and 20 o...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. In a game, a man wins Rs 100 if he gets 5 or 6 on a throw of a fair di...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A and B try to hit a target. The probability that A hits the target is...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. Let A and B be two non-null events such that AsubeB. Then, which of th...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. The minimum number of times one has ot toss a fair coin so that the pr...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Four persons can hit a target correctly with probabilities (1)/(2),(1)...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. In a certain city only two newspapers A and B are published, it is kno...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Assume that each born child is equally likely to be a boy or a girl. I...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. Minimum number of times a fair coin must be tossed so that the probili...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. For an initia screening of an admission test, a candidate is given fif...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. Three of the six vertices of a regular hexagon are chosen the rando...

    Text Solution

    |