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![]() A fair dice is being rolled. What is the probability that a six appears in at most n attempts?
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So the question is basically what's the probability of you rolling a 6 ?
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![]() or it might be n/6 (lol) but i think my first answer is better
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![]() Well, i feel the answer is {1-1/(6^n)}
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![]() isn't 1-1=0
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![]() and the probability is not 0
wa i right?
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![]() \\i know thats wrong how did u get that?
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![]() I have really hard homework that I can't post because my friend(s) will our GT teacher
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![]() [QUOTE=alexmthomas;11090]A fair dice is being rolled. What is the probability that a six appears in at most n attempts?
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