Consider an experiment of tossing a coin repeatedly until the outcomes of two consecutive tosses are same.…

Consider an experiment of tossing a coin repeatedly until the outcomes of two consecutive tosses are same. If the probability of a random toss resulting in head is 13, then the probability that the experiment stops with head is
  1. 13
  2. 521
  3. 421
  4. 27

Solution

Given,

P(H)=13

So, P(T)=1-13=23

Now probability of the event is given by,

P(E)=P(HH)+P(THH)+P(HTHH)+P(THTHH)+P(HTHTHH)+P(THTHTHH)+

P(E)=13×13+23×13×13+13×23×13×13+435+436+837+838+

P(E)=132+233+234+435+436+837+838+

P(E)=132+234+436+.+233+435+837+.

P(E)=1321-232+2331-232

P(E)=17+221=521

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2023 (Paper 2)

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