JEE Main & Advanced Mathematics Probability Question Bank Binomial distribution

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    A die is tossed thrice. A success is getting 1 or 6 on a toss. The mean and the variance of number of successes [AI CBSE 1985]

    A)                 \[\mu =1,\,\,{{\sigma }^{2}}=2/3\] 

    B)                 \[\mu =2/3,\,\,{{\sigma }^{2}}=1\]

    C)                 \[\mu =2,\,\,{{\sigma }^{2}}=2/3\] 

    D)                 None of these

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

               For binomial distribution, mean\[=np\] and variance \[=npq\]            \[n=3,\] \[p=\frac{2}{6}=\frac{1}{3},\] \[q=1-p=1-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{3}\]            So, mean \[(\mu )=3\times \frac{1}{3}=1\]                 Variance \[({{\sigma }^{2}})=3\times \frac{1}{3}\times \frac{2}{3}=\frac{2}{3}\].


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