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Mathematics Question from JEE Main 2024 · 27 January, Shift 1

A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let XX denote the number of tosses required, and let a=P(X=3)a = P(X = 3), b=P(X3)b = P(X \geq 3), and c=P(X6X>3)c = P(X \geq 6 \mid X > 3). Then b+ca\frac{b+c}{a} is equal to:

  • A

    1212

  • B

    1111

  • C

    1313

  • D

    1414

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