An ordinary dice is rolled for a certain number of times.

Question:

An ordinary dice is rolled for a certain number of times. If the probability of getting an odd number 2 times is equal to the probability of getting an even number 3 times, then the probability of getting an odd number for odd number of times is:

  1. $\frac{1}{32}$

  2. $\frac{5}{16}$

  3. $\frac{3}{16}$

  4. $\frac{1}{2}$


Correct Option: , 4

Solution:

${ }^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{C}_{2}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{\mathrm{n}}={ }^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{C}_{3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{\mathrm{n}} \Rightarrow{ }^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{C}_{2}={ }^{\mathrm{n}} \mathrm{C}_{3}$

$\Rightarrow \quad n=5$

Probability of getting an odd number for odd number of times is

${ }^{5} \mathrm{C}_{1}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{5}+{ }^{5} \mathrm{C}_{3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{5}+{ }^{5} \mathrm{C}_{5}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{5}=\frac{1}{2^{5}}(5+10+1)$

$=\frac{1}{2}$

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