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A fair dice is thrown untill a score of less than 5 points is obtained. Find the probability of obtaining not less than 2 points on the last throw.
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Sol. Score less than 5 means the occurrence of 1, 2, 3, or 4. Now on the last throw we should not obtain a score less then 2 i.e. one. Clearly the favourable outcomes are 2, 3 or 4.
Thus the required probability = 
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