Home
Class 12
MATHS
A and B take turns in throwing two dice,...

A and B take turns in throwing two dice, the first to throw 9 being awarded the prize. Show that their chance of winning are in the ratio 9:8.

Text Solution

AI Generated Solution

Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • MEAN VALUE THEOREMS

    RD SHARMA ENGLISH|Exercise All Questions|134 Videos

  • RELATIONS

    RD SHARMA ENGLISH|Exercise All Questions|197 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

A and B take turns in throwing two dice, the first to throw 10 being awarded the prove, show that if A has the first throw, their chance of winning are in the ratio 12:11.

Two persons A and B take turns in throwing a pair of dice. The first person to throw 9 from both dice will be awarded the prize. If A throws first, then the probability that B wins the game is 9//17 b. 8//17 c. 8//9 d. 1//9

A and B throw a pair of die turn by turn. The first to throw 9 is awarded a prize. If A starts the game, show that the probability of A getting the prize is 9/17

Three players A, B and C alternatively throw a die in that order, the first player to throw a 6 being deemed the winner. A's die is fair whereas B and C throw dice with probabilities p_(1) and p_(2) respectively, of throwing a 6.

A, B and C in order throw an unbiased coin. The first who throws head wins. Find the respective probabilities of winning

A, B, and C in order toss a coin. The one to throw a head wins. What are their respective chances of winning assuming that the game may continue indefinitely?

A and B throw a pair of dice. If A throws 9, find B’s chance of throwing a higher number.

In a single throws of two dice, what is the probability of getting a total of at most 9?

Find the chance of throwing a total of 3 or 11 with two dice.

A and B throw a pair of dice. If A throws 9, find B ' s chance of throwing a higher number.

RD SHARMA ENGLISH-PROBABILITY-All Questions
  1. A bag contains 4 red and 5 black balls, a second bag contain 3 red and...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. There are three urns. A, B, and C . Urn A contains 4 red balls and  3 ...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. A and B take turns in throwing two dice, the first to throw 9 being ...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. A, B, and C in order toss a coin. The one to throw a head wins. What ...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Three persons A, B, C throw a die in succession till one gets a six an...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A and B take turns in throwing two dice, the first to throw 10 being ...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Fatima and John appear in an interview for two vacancies for the same ...

    Text Solution

    |

  8. A bag contains 8 marbles of which 3 are blue and 5 are red. One marble...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. An urn contains 7 red and 4 blue balls. Two balls redrawn at random ...

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Out of 100 students, two sections of 40 and 60 are formed. If you a...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. In a hockey match, both teams A and B scored same number of goals upto...

    Text Solution

    |

  12. A bag contains 3 white and 2 black balls and another bag contains 2 ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. A bag A contains 4 black and 6 red balls and bag B contains 7 black a...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. A person has undertaken a construction job. The probabilities are 0...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. A bag A contains 5 white and 6 black balls. Another bag B contains 4 ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. A purse contains 2 silver and 4 copper coins. A second purse contains ...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. One bag contains 4 yellow and 5 red balls. Another bag contains 6 y...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. The contents of three bags, I, II and III are s follows: Bag I:1 white...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. A unbiased coin is tossed. If the result is a head a pair of unbiased ...

    Text Solution

    |

  20. The bag A contains 8 white and 7 black balls while the bag B contains ...

    Text Solution

    |