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A coin is biased such that the probability that three tosses all result in heads is 125512. Find the probability of obtaining no heads with three tosses of the coin.

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In a group of five men and four women, there are three pairs of male and female business partners and three teachers, where no teacher is in a business partnership. One man and one woman are selected at random. Find the probability that they are:

both teachers

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In a group of five men and four women, there are three pairs of male and female business partners and three teachers, where no teacher is in a business partnership. One man and one woman are selected at random. Find the probability that they are:

in a business partnership with each other

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In a group of five men and four women, there are three pairs of male and female business partners and three teachers, where no teacher is in a business partnership. One man and one woman are selected at random. Find the probability that they are:

each in a business partnership but not with each other.

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A biased die in the shape of a pyramid has five faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 . The possible scores are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Px=k-x25, where k is a constant.

Find, in terms of k, the probability of scoring 5.

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A biased die in the shape of a pyramid has five faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 . The possible scores are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Px=k-x25, where k is a constant.

Find, in terms of k, the probability of scoring less than 3 .

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A biased die in the shape of a pyramid has five faces marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 . The possible scores are 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Px=k-x25, where k is a constant.

The die is rolled three times and the scores are added together. Evaluate k and find the probability that the sum of the three scores is less than 5 .

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that a player's counter is on 'start' after rolling the die once.

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A game board is shown in the diagram.

Players take turns to roll an ordinary fair die, then move their counters forward from 'start' a number of squares equal to the number rolled with the die. If a player's counter ends its move on a coloured square, then it is moved back to the start.

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Find the probability that a player's counter is on 'start' after rolling the die twice.