Statistics And Probability Question 473

Question: A die is tossed twice. Getting a number greater than 4 is considered a success. Then the variance of the probability distribution of the number of successes is

[AISSE 1979]

Options:

A) $ \frac{2}{9} $

B) $ \frac{4}{9} $

C) $ \frac{1}{3} $

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: B

Solution:

  •         Obviously,  $ p=\frac{2}{6}=\frac{1}{3}\Rightarrow q=1-\frac{1}{3}=\frac{2}{3}, $                  also  $ n=2. $ Therefore, variance  $ =npq=2\times \frac{1}{3}\times \frac{2}{3}=\frac{4}{9}. $