KVPY Sample Paper KVPY Stream-SX Model Paper-1

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    In a binomial distribution \[B\left( n,p=\frac{1}{4} \right).\]  If the probability of at least one success is greater than or equal to \[\frac{9}{10},\] then n is greater than

    A) \[\frac{1}{{{\log }_{10}}4-{{\log }_{10}}3}\]    

    B) \[\frac{1}{{{\log }_{10}}4+{{\log }_{10}}3}\]

    C) \[\frac{9}{{{\log }_{10}}4-{{\log }_{10}}3}\]    

    D) \[\frac{4}{{{\log }_{10}}4-{{\log }_{10}}3}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    [a]
    Here\[p=\frac{1}{4},\]\[q=\frac{3}{4}\]
    \[p\,(X\ge 1)=1-p\,(X=0)\]
                \[=1-{}^{n}{{C}_{0}}{{p}^{0}}{{q}^{n}}\]
                \[1-{{\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)}^{n}}\ge \frac{9}{10}\]    \[\left[ \because p(x\ge 1)\ge \frac{9}{10} \right]\]
                \[\Rightarrow \]\[\frac{1}{10}\ge {{\left( \frac{3}{4} \right)}^{n}}\]\[\Rightarrow \]\[10\le {{\left( \frac{4}{3} \right)}^{n}}\]
    \[\Rightarrow \]\[n\ge \frac{1}{{{\log }_{10}}4/3}=\frac{1}{{{\log }_{10}}4-{{\log }_{10}}3}\]


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