Assume that a fair six-sided die is rolled 14 times, and the roll is called a success if the result is in {1,2,3}. What is the probability that there are exactly 3 successes or exactly 3 failures in the 14 rolls?   (Answer is not 91/4096)

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Assume that a fair six-sided die is rolled 14 times, and the roll is called a success if the result is in {1,2,3}.

What is the probability that there are exactly 3 successes or exactly 3 failures in the 14 rolls?

 

(Answer is not 91/4096)

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