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In an experiment, die is rolled continually until a 6appears, at which point the experiment stops. What is the sample space of this experiment? Let Endenote the event that nrolls are necessary to complete the experiment. What points of the sample space are contained in En? What is∪En1∞c?

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The sample space contained in En=5n-1

∪En1∞cis the event that6never appeared.

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Step 1. Given information

It is given that, a die is rolled continually until a 6 appears, at this point the experiment stops.

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Step 2. Find the sample space and En.

If 6appears in the first roll then the experiment stops. The possible outcome here is 6.

Let the event that the experiment stops on the first roll of die be denoted by E1and E1=1.

If 6appears in the second roll then the experiment stops. The possible outcomes here are:

role="math" localid="1648722389306" 1,6,2,6,3,6,4,6,5,6

Let the event that the experiment stops on the second roll of die be denoted by E2and role="math" localid="1648722693019" E2=5.

If 6 appears in the third roll then the experiment stops. The possible outcomes here are:

role="math" localid="1648722679020" 1,1,6,1,2,6,1,3,6,1,4,6,1,5,6,2,1,6,2,2.6,2,3,6,2,4,6,2,5,6,3,1,6,3,2,6,3,3,6,3,4,6,3,5,6,4,1,6,4,2,6,4,3,6,4,4,6,4,5,6,5,1,6,5,2,6,5,3,6,5,4,6,5,5,6

Let the event that the experiment stops on the second roll of die be denoted by E3and E3=25.

Similarly, the possible no. of favorable outcomes of the happening of En is5n-1

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Step 3.  Define ∪En1∞c

∪En1∞c=E1∪E2∪E3.................c=E1c∩ E2c∩E3c+..............

= The event that 6does not appear in the first roll, 6does not appear in the second roll, 6does not appear in the third roll, ...........

= The event that 6does not appear in any roll of die.

= The event that 6never appears.

Therefore, ∪En1∞cis the event that6never appears.

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