JEE Main 2026 Mathematics question

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A coin is tossed 8 times. If the probability that exactly 4 heads appear in the first six tosses and exactly 3 heads appear in the last five tosses is p, then 96p is equal to .

Answer: 9

Solution

Direct enumeration over all 2⁸ outcomes gives p = 0.09375 = 3/32, so 96p = 9.

Question ID VK-015280