GATE DA 2025 | Question 45

MCQ · 2 marks · −0.66

A random experiment consists of throwing 100 fair dice, each die having six faces numbered 1 to 6. An event \(A\) represents the set of all outcomes where at least one of the dice shows a 1. Then, \(P(A) =\)

  1. Option A: 0
  2. Option B: 1
  3. Option C: \(1 - \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{100}\) (correct)
  4. Option D: \(\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{100}\)

Answer

(C)

Explanation

Use the complement: the event fails only when no die shows a 1.

Each die avoids 1 with probability \(\frac{5}{6}\), and the 100 throws are independent, so \(P(\text{no 1 at all}) = \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{100}\). Therefore

\[P(A) = 1 - \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^{100}.\]

Option D is the probability of the complement. Options A and B fail because both \(A\) and its complement can happen, so \(P(A)\) lies strictly between 0 and 1, though very close to 1.

Answer: C