JEE Main 20262 AprilEvening Shift
- Exam
- JEE Main
- Year
- 2026
- Date
- 2 April
- Shift
- Evening Shift
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Chapter
- Probability
JEE Main 2026 · 2 April · Evening Shift · Mathematics · Probability
A man throws a fair coin repeatedly. He gets 10 points for each...
A man throws a fair coin repeatedly. He gets points for each head he throws and points for each tail he throws. If the probability that he gets exactly points is , , then is equal to:
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Correct answer
C.
Step-by-step solution
Let be the number of heads and be the number of tails obtained.
The total points obtained is .
For the man to get exactly points, we must have:
Since are non-negative integers, the possible pairs of are , , , and .
For each pair, the number of possible sequences of heads and tails is given by , and the probability of any specific sequence is \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{h+t}h = 3, t = 0^{3}C_{3} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{3} = 1 \times \dfrac{1}{8} = \dfrac{8}{64}h = 2, t = 2^{4}C_{2} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{4} = 6 \times \dfrac{1}{16} = \dfrac{24}{64}h = 1, t = 4^{5}C_{1} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{5} = 5 \times \dfrac{1}{32} = \dfrac{10}{64}h = 0, t = 6^{6}C_{0} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{6} = 1 \times \dfrac{1}{64} = \dfrac{1}{64}= \dfrac{8}{64} + \dfrac{24}{64} + \dfrac{10}{64} + \dfrac{1}{64} = \dfrac{43}{64}m = 43 and n = 64\gcd(43, 64) = 1m + n = 43 + 64 = 107107
The total points obtained is .
For the man to get exactly points, we must have:
Since are non-negative integers, the possible pairs of are , , , and .
For each pair, the number of possible sequences of heads and tails is given by , and the probability of any specific sequence is \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{h+t}h = 3, t = 0^{3}C_{3} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{3} = 1 \times \dfrac{1}{8} = \dfrac{8}{64}h = 2, t = 2^{4}C_{2} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{4} = 6 \times \dfrac{1}{16} = \dfrac{24}{64}h = 1, t = 4^{5}C_{1} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{5} = 5 \times \dfrac{1}{32} = \dfrac{10}{64}h = 0, t = 6^{6}C_{0} \left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^{6} = 1 \times \dfrac{1}{64} = \dfrac{1}{64}= \dfrac{8}{64} + \dfrac{24}{64} + \dfrac{10}{64} + \dfrac{1}{64} = \dfrac{43}{64}m = 43 and n = 64\gcd(43, 64) = 1m + n = 43 + 64 = 107107