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Q.

Consider a group of five potential blood donors a,b,c,d and e of whom only a and b have type O+ blood. Five blood samples, one from each individual will be typed in random order until an O+ individual is identified. Let Y be the random variable which represents the number of typings necessary to identify an O+ individual. Then which of the following statement (s) is (are) CORRECT? EX=ΣxiPX=xi,EX2=Σxi2PX=xi

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a

Var(X)=2

b

σ(X)=1

c

E(X)=1

d

E(X2)=5

answer is B, D.

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Detailed Solution

P(1) = P (a or b typed first) =  25=0.40
P(2) = P (c, d or e first and then a or b)  =35.24=0.30
P(3) = P(c, d or e first and second, and then a or b) =(35)(24)(23)=0.20 
P(4) = P(c, d or e first and second and third and then a or b)  =(35)(24)(13)(1)=0.1

X

1

2

3

4

P(X=x)

0.40

0.30

0.20

0.10

i)  E(X)=i=1nxiP(X=xi)
 =(1)(0.40)+(2)(0.30)+(3)(0.20)+(4)(0.10)=2
ii)  E(X2)=i=1nxi2P(X=xi)=(1)2(0.40)+(22)(0.30)+(32)(0.20)+(42)(0.10)
 =0.40+1.20+1.80+1.60=5
iii)   var(X)=E(X2)(E(X))2
 =5(2)2=54=1
iv)  σ(X)=var(X)=1=1

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