Q.

Three rotten apples are mixed accidently with seven good apples and four apples are drawn one by one without replacement. Let the random variable X denote the number of rotten apples. If μ and σ2 represent mean and variance of X, respectively, then 10(μ2+σ2) is equal to                 [2023]

1 250  
2 20  
3 25  
4 30  

Ans.

(2)

Let random variable X denote the number of rotten apples.

Xi Pi
X=0 C47×C03C410=16
X=1 C13×C37C410=12
X=2 C23×C27C410=310
X=3 C33×C17C410=130

 

Mean (μ)=XiPi

                  =0×16+1×12+2×310+3×130=65

Variance (σ2)=Xi2Pi-μ2

                    =0×16+1×12+4×310+9×130-3625=1425

So, 10(μ2+σ2)=10(3625+1425)=20