KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-12

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    A person throws two dice, one the common cube and the other regular tetrahedron with numbers \[1,2,3,4\]on its faces, the number on the lowest face being taken in the case of a tetrahedron. The chance that the sum of numbers throws is not less than 5 is

    A) \[\frac{1}{4}\]

    B) \[\frac{3}{4}\]

    C) \[\frac{4}{5}\]

    D) \[\frac{5}{6}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    total number of combinations of numbers on the cube and the tetrahedron \[=6\times 4=24\]favourable number of ways of getting a sum not less than 5 = sum of coefficients of \[{{x}^{6}},{{x}^{7}},....{{x}^{10}}\] in the product
    \[=(x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}}+{{x}^{4}}+{{x}^{5}}+{{x}^{6}})(x+{{x}^{2}}+{{x}^{3}}+{{x}^{4}})\]
    \[({{x}^{2}}+2{{x}^{3}}+3{{x}^{4}}+4{{x}^{5}}+4{{x}^{6}}+4{{x}^{7}}+3{{x}^{8}}+2{{x}^{9}}+{{x}^{10}})\]\[=4+4+4+3+2+1=18\]
    \[\therefore \]Required probability\[=\frac{18}{6\times 4}=\frac{3}{4}\]


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