OCR MEI S1 2013 January — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleS1 (Statistics 1)
Year2013
SessionJanuary
TopicGeometric Distribution
TypeFirst success on specific trial

5 Malik is playing a game in which he has to throw a 6 on a fair six-sided die to start the game. Find the probability that
  1. Malik throws a 6 for the first time on his third attempt,
  2. Malik needs at most ten attempts to throw a 6.