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TS EAMCET · Maths · Probability

Two balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 black balls and 3 white balls. If the random variable X denotes the number of white balls drawn, then the mean of X is

  1. A 12
  2. B 58
  3. C 34
  4. D 38
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(C) 34

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Number of white balls can be 0, 1 or 2. PX=0=C25C28=1028 PX=1=C15×C13C28=1528 PX=2=C23C28=328 Required mean =0×PX=0+1×PX=1+2×PX=2 =0+1528+628 =2128=34