Four persons A, B, C and D throw an unbiased die, turn by turn, in succession till one gets an even number and win the game. What is the probability that A wins if A begins?

A rifleman is firing at a distant target and has only 10% chance of hitting it. The least number of rounds he must fire to have more than 50% chance of hitting it at least once, is

A problem in mathematics is given to 4 students whose chances of solving individually are $${{1 \over 2}}$$, $${{1 \over 3}}$$, $${{1 \over 4}}$$ and $${{1 \over 5}}$$. The probability that the problem will be solved at least by one student is

If X is a random variable such that $$\sigma$$(X) = 2.6, then $$\sigma$$(1 $$-$$ 4X) is equal to