A die is thrown 6 times. If "getting an odd number" is a "success", what is the probability of 5 successes?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → $\frac{3}{32}$
When a die is thrown, sample space = $\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6\}$.
It has six equally likely outcomes.
Probability of success = P(getting an odd number) = $p =\frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{2}$, so $q = 1-\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1}{2}$
As the die is thrown 6 times, so there are 6 trials.
Thus, we have a binomial distribution with $n = 6, p = \frac{1}{2}, q = \frac{1}{2}$.
$P(r) = {^nC}_rp^rq^{n-r}= {^6C}_r(\frac{1}{2})^r(\frac{1}{2})^{6-r} = {^6C}_r(\frac{1}{2})^6$ for $r=0,1,2,....,6$
Probability of getting exactly 5 successes
$=P(5)={^6C}_5(\frac{1}{2})^6=\frac{6}{2^6}=\frac{6}{64}=\frac{3}{32}$