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A fair die is tossed repeatedly until a six is obtained. Let X denote the number of tosses required.
(i) The probability that X = 3 equals
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(i) P(X = 3) = 
. 
. 
= 
(ii) P(X ≥ 3) = 
. 
. 1 = 
(iii) P((X ≥ 6) (X > 3)) = 
= P(x ≥ 6 ) = 
= 
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