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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2023

A coin is biased so that the head is three times as likely to occur as tail. If the coin is tossed twice, the mean of the number of tails is:

  1. A \(\frac{3}{4}\)
  2. B \(\frac{1}{3}\)
  3. C \(\frac{1}{4}\)
  4. D \(\frac{1}{2}\)
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(D) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

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\(P(T) = \frac{1}{4}\) \(E[X] = np = 2 \times \frac{1}{4} = \frac{1}{2}\)
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