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先抛硬币再掷骰子

Dice Coin Paradigm

专题
Probability / 概率
难度
L4

题目详情

我们不断抛一枚公平硬币,直到第一次出现正面。若第一次正面出现在第 nn 次抛掷,那么再掷一枚公平六面骰 nn 次。求这 nn 次掷骰中至少出现一次点数 1 的概率。

We flip a fair coin until we obtain our first heads. Given the first heads occurs on the nnth flip, we roll a fair 66-sided die nn times. Find the probability that the die value 1 is observed in the rolls.

解析

NN 为首次出现正面所在的抛掷次数。

由于硬币公平, P(N=n)=(12)n,n=1,2,\mathbb{P}(N=n)=\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n,\quad n=1,2,\dots

在给定 N=nN=n 的条件下,公平六面骰掷 nn 次都没有出现 1 的概率为 (56)n\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n 所以至少出现一个 1 的概率是 1(56)n1-\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n

nn 求全概率: P(至少出现一个 1)=n=1[1(56)n](12)n\mathbb{P}(\text{至少出现一个 }1) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left[1-\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n\right]\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n

化简得 1n=1(512)n1-\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^n

这是等比级数, n=1(512)n=5121512=57\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^n = \frac{\frac{5}{12}}{1-\frac{5}{12}} = \frac{5}{7}

因此最终答案为 P(至少出现一个 1)=157=27\boxed{\mathbb{P}(\text{至少出现一个 }1)=1-\frac{5}{7}=\frac{2}{7}}


Original Explanation

Let N be the flip on which the first heads appears.

Step 1: Distribution of N. Since the coin is fair, P(N=n)=(12)n,n=1,2,\mathbb{P}(N = n) = \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n, \quad n = 1,2,\dots

Step 2: Conditional probability given N=nN = n. If we roll a fair six-sided die n times, the probability of observing no 1's is (56)n\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n Therefore, the probability of observing at least one 1 is 1(56)n1 - \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n

Step 3: Unconditional probability. P(at least one 1)=n=1[1(56)n](12)n\mathbb{P}(\text{at least one 1}) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left[1 - \left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^n \right] \left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^n

=1n=1(5612)n=1n=1(512)n= 1 - \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(\frac{5}{6} \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)^n = 1 - \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^n

The remaining sum is geometric: n=1(512)n=5121512=57\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left(\frac{5}{12}\right)^n = \frac{\frac{5}{12}}{1 - \frac{5}{12}} = \frac{5}{7}

Final answer: P(at least one 1)=157=27\boxed{\mathbb{P}(\text{at least one 1}) = 1 - \frac{5}{7} = \frac{2}{7}}