Try it on paper first. A hint, the key idea and the worked solution are here when you need them.
Two cards are dealt from a well-shuffled pack of cards, one after the other, without replacement. Let be the number of aces among them. Find the probability that . Find the mean of . Find the variance of . Give decimals to four places.
For a distribution, and with . For , the mean is and the variance is .
Have you tried it?
Work it out on paper first. It is fine to get stuck or make a mistake: that is how we learn. When you are ready, go through the solution one step at a time, and check each step against your own.
Step 1. The distribution. . . . The three add up to .
Step 2. The mean. .
Step 3. The mean of the squares. .
Step 4. The variance. .
Answer: , and .
Check. Each card is an ace with probability , so the mean of two cards is , the same whether or not the first card is put back.
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