Statistics And Probability Question 486

Question: 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]

Options:

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

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Answer:

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} $ .