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JEE Main 2024 — 4 April, Shift 2 — Question 15

If the mean of the following probability distribution of a random variable X ;

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P(X)\text{P}\left( \text{X} \right)a2 aa+b\text{a}+\text{b}2 b3 b

is 469\frac{46}{9}, then the variance of the distribution is

  1. Option A:

    58181\frac{581}{81}

  2. Option B:

    56681\frac{566}{81}

    Correct
  3. Option C:

    17327\frac{173}{27}

  4. Option D:

    15127\frac{151}{27}

Answer: B

Step-by-step solution

∑Pi=1\quad \sum \mathrm{P}_{i}=1

a+2a+a+b+2b+3b=1a+2 a+a+b+2 b+3 b=1

4a+6b=14 a+6 b=1

E(x)=\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{x})= mean =469=\frac{46}{9}

∑PiXi=469⇒4a+4a+4 b+12 b+24 b=469\sum \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{X}_{\mathrm{i}}=\frac{46}{9} \Rightarrow 4 \mathrm{a}+4 \mathrm{a}+4 \mathrm{~b}+12 \mathrm{~b}+24 \mathrm{~b}=\frac{46}{9}

8a+40b=4698 a+40 b=\frac{46}{9}

4a+20b=2394 a+20 b=\frac{23}{9}

Subtract (I) from (II) we get

b=19&a=112\mathrm{b}=\frac{1}{9} \& \mathrm{a}=\frac{1}{12}

Variance =E(xi2)−E(xi)2=\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}\right)-\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)^{2}

E(xi2)=02×92+22×2a+42(a+b)+62(2 b)+82(3 b)\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}\right)=0^{2} \times 9^{2}+2^{2} \times 2 \mathrm{a}+4^{2}(\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b})+6^{2}(2 \mathrm{~b})+8^{2}(3 \mathrm{~b}) =24a+280b=24 a+280 b

Put a=112,b=19a=\frac{1}{12} ,\quad b=\frac{1}{9}

E(xi2)=2+2809=2989\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}\right)=2+\frac{280}{9}=\frac{298}{9}

∴σ2=E(xi2)−E(xi)2\therefore \sigma^{2}=\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}^{2}\right)-\mathrm{E}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)^{2}

=2989−(469)2=\frac{298}{9}-\left(\frac{46}{9}\right)^{2}

σ2=2989−211681\sigma^{2}=\frac{298}{9}-\frac{2116}{81}

=56681=\frac{566}{81}

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Exam
JEE Main 2024
Subject
Mathematics
Chapter
Probability
Topic
Mean, variance, expected values of distributions
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