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68. There are 5% defective items in a large bulk of items. What is the probability that a sample of 10 items will include not more than one defective item?
68. There are 5% defective items in a large bulk of items. What is the probability that a sample of 10 items will include not more than one defective item?
68. Let X denote the number of defective items in a sample of 10 items drawn successively. Since the drawing is done with replacement, the trials are Bernoulli trials.
X has a binomial distribution with n=10 and

P (not more than 1 defective item)
67. A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered a success, find the probability of two successes.
67. A pair of dice is thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered a success, find the probability of two successes.
67. The repeated tosses of a pair of dice are Bernoulli trials. Let X denote the number of times of getting doublets in an experiment of throwing two dice simultaneously four times.
Probability of getting doublets in a single throw of the pair of dice is
Clearly, X has the binomial distribution w
66. A die is thrown 6 times. If ‘getting an odd number’ is a success, what is the probability of:
(i) 5 successes?
(ii) at least 5 successes?
(iii) at most 5 successes?
66. A die is thrown 6 times. If ‘getting an odd number’ is a success, what is the probability of:
(i) 5 successes?
(ii) at least 5 successes?
(iii) at most 5 successes?
66. The repeated tosses of a die are Bernoulli trials. Let X denote the number of successes of getting odd numbers in an experiment of 6 trials.
Probability of getting an odd number in a single throw of a die is, p - 3/6 = 1/2
q = 1 - p = 1/2
X has a binomial distribution.

P (at most 5 succes
66. Suppose that two cards are drawn at random from a deck of cards. Let X be the number of aces obtained. What is the value of E(X)?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
66. Suppose that two cards are drawn at random from a deck of cards. Let X be the number of aces obtained. What is the value of E(X)?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
66. Let X denote the number of aces obtained. Therefore, X can take any of the values of 0, 1, or 2.
In a deck of 52 cards, 4 cards are aces. Therefore, there are 48 non-ace cards.

X | 0 | 1 | 2 |
P (X) | 1128/1326 | 192/1326 | 6/1326 |
Therefore, option D is correct
Choose the correct answer in each of the following:
Q.65. The mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three faces, 2 on two faces and 5 on one face is:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D)
Choose the correct answer in each of the following:
Q.65. The mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three faces, 2 on two faces and 5 on one face is:
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 5
(D)
65. Let X be the random variable representing a number on the die.
The total number of observations is six.
Therefore, the probability distribution is as follows.
X | 1 | 2 | 5 |
P (X) | 1/2 | 1/3 | 1/6 |
Therefore, option (B) is correct.
64. In a meeting 70% of the members favour a certain proposal, 30% being opposed. A member is selected at random and we let X = 0 if the opposed and X = 1 if he is in favour. Find E (X) and Var (X).
64. In a meeting 70% of the members favour a certain proposal, 30% being opposed. A member is selected at random and we let X = 0 if the opposed and X = 1 if he is in favour. Find E (X) and Var (X).
64. It is given that P (X = 0) = 30% = 30/100 = 0.3
P (X = 1) = 70% = 70/100 = 0.7
Therefore, the probability distribution is as follows.
X | 0 | 1 |
P (X) | 0.3 | 0.7 |
It is know that,
= 0.7 − (0.7)2
= 0.7 − 0.49
= 0.21
63. A class has 15 students whose ages are 14, 17, 15, 14, 21, 17, 19, 20, 16, 18, 20, 17, 16, 19 and 20 years. One student is selected in such a manner that each has the same chance of being chosen and the age X of the selected student is recorded. What is the probability distribution of the random variable X? Find mean, variance and standard deviation of X.
63. A class has 15 students whose ages are 14, 17, 15, 14, 21, 17, 19, 20, 16, 18, 20, 17, 16, 19 and 20 years. One student is selected in such a manner that each has the same chance of being chosen and the age X of the selected student is recorded. What is the probability distribution of the random variable X? Find mean, variance and standard deviation of X.
63. There are 15 students in the class. Each student has the same chance to be chosen. Therefore, the probability of each student to be selected is 1/15.
The given information can be compiled in the frequency table as follows.
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
P(X = 14) =2/15, P(X = 15) =1/15, P(X = 16) =2/15, P(X = 16) =3/15,
P(X = 18
62. Let X denotes the sum of the numbers obtained when two fair dice are rolled. Find the variance and standard deviation of X.
62. Let X denotes the sum of the numbers obtained when two fair dice are rolled. Find the variance and standard deviation of X.
62. When two fair dice are rolled, 6 × 6 = 36 observations are obtained.
P(X = 2) = P(1, 1) = 1/36
P(X = 3) = P (1, 2) + P(2, 1) = 2/36 = 1/18
P(X = 4) = P(1, 3) + P(2, 2) + P(3, 1) = 3/36 = 1/12
P(X = 5) = P(1, 4) + P(2, 3) + P(3, 2) + P(4, 1) = 4/36 = 1/9
P(X = 6) = P(1, 5) + P (2, 4) + P(3, 3) +
61. Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement), from the first six positive integers. Let X denotes the larger of two numbers obtained. Find E (X).
61. Two numbers are selected at random (without replacement), from the first six positive integers. Let X denotes the larger of two numbers obtained. Find E (X).
61. The two positive integers can be selected from the first six positive integers without replacement in 6 × 5 = 30 ways
X represents the larger of the two numbers obtained. Therefore, X can take the value of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
For X = 2, the possible observations are (1, 2) and (2, 1).
P(X = 2)
F
60. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, find expectation of X.
60. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. If X denotes the number of sixes, find expectation of X.
60. Two dice thrown simultaneously is the same the die thrown 2 times.
Here, X represents the number of sixes obtained when two dice are thrown simultaneously. Therefore, X can take the value of 0, 1, or 2.
∴ P (X = 0) = P (not getting six on any of the dice) = 25/36
P (X = 1) = P (six on first d