Mathematics · 2026
JEE Main · 2 April 2026, Shift 2 · Q8
A man throws a fair coin repeatedly. He gets 10 points for each head he throws and 5 points for each tail he throws. If the probability that he gets…
A man throws a fair coin repeatedly. He gets $\displaystyle 10$ points for each head he throws and $\displaystyle 5$ points for each tail he throws. If the probability that he gets exactly $\displaystyle 30$ points is $\displaystyle \frac{m}{n}, \operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1$, then $\displaystyle m+n$ is equal to:
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From NTA’s final answer key for this paper.
(3)
$\displaystyle 107$
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