A basket contains 10 ripe bananas and 4 unripe bananas.

If 3 are taken from the basket one after the

other. Determine the value and construct the probability distribution of random variable R.

Let R- for ripe bananas

Let U- for unripe bananas

Step 1. List all the sample space

S= {RRR, RRU, RUR, URR, RUU, URU, UUR, UUU}

Step 2.

OUTCOME NO. OF R

RRR 3

RRU 2

RUR 2

URR 2

RUU 1

URU 1

UUR 1

UUU 0

Therefore, the values of random variable are 0, 1 , 2, & 3

Step 3. Frequency distribution of random variable R.

NO. OF R F

3 1

2 3

1 3

0 1

TOTAL: 8

Construct the probability distribution of random variable R.

R 0 1 2 3
 P(R) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

2. A box contain 6 blue tennis and 2 red tennis ball. If 4 are taken from the basket one after the other,
determine the possible values and construct a probability distribution of random variable B.

Let B- for blue tennis ball

Let R- for red tennis ball

Step 1. List all the sample space

S= {BBBB, BBBR, BBRB, BRBB, RBBB, BBRR, BRBR, RRBB, RBRB, BRRB, RBBR}

Step 2.

OUTCOME NO. OF B

BBBB 4

BBBR 3

BBRB 3

BRBB 3

RBBB 3

BBRR 2

BRBR 2

RRBB 2

RBRB 2

BRRB 2

RBBR 2

Therefore, the values of random variable B are 2, 3 & 4

Step 3. Frequency distribution of random variable B.

NO. OF B F

2 6

3 4
 4 1

TOTAL: 11

Construct the probability distribution of random variable B.

B 2 3 4

P(B) 6/11 4/11 1/11

Standard dev

P 1 2 3 4 5

P(x) 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5

μ = 1(0.1) + 2(0.3) + 3(0.2) + 4(0.4) + 5(0.5)

μ = 0.1+ 0.6 + 0.6 + 1.6 + 2.5

μ = 4.9

σ2=(1−4.9)^2(0.1)+(2−4.9)^2(0.3)+(3−4.9)^2(0.2)+(4−4.9)^2(0.4)+(5-4.9)^2(0.5)

= 5.

=1.521+2.523+0.722+0.324+0.005

095

σ = 2.26

x P(x) xP(x) x^2 x^2P(x)

1 0.1 0.1 1 0.01

2 0.3 0.6 4 0.12

3 0.2 0.6 9

4 0.4 0.16 16

5 0.5 0.25 25

x 3 4 5 6

P(x) 3/23 8/23 9/23 3/23