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Probability – 3
Class XII | Sheet #24 | ISC/CBSE

Name: __________________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Q.1. A random variable X has the following probability distribution:

X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
P (X) 0 k 2k 2k 3k k2 2k2 2
7k + k
Determine: (i) k (ii) P (X < 3) (iii) P (X > 6) (iv) P (0 < X < 3).
Q.2. Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. Find the probability
distribution of the number of aces.
Q.3. Four defective oranges are accidently mixed with sixteen good ones. Three oranges are drawn from the
mixed lot. Find the probability distribution of X, where X represents the number of defective oranges.
Q.4. What is the mean of the numbers obtained on throwing a die having written 1 on three faces, 2 on two
faces and 5 on one face? [NCERT]
Q.5. Find the mean, variance and standard deviation of the number of tails in three tosses of a coin.
Q.6. A box contains 4 red and 5 black marbles. Find the probability distribution of the red marbles in a random
draw of 3 marbles. Also find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution. [ISC 2011]
Q.7. There are 5 cards numbered from 1 to 5. Two cards are drawn at random without replacement. If X
represents the sum of the numbers on the two cards drawn, find the mean and variance of X.
Q.8. Two cards are drawn simultaneously from a well-shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the mean and variance of
the number of red cards.
Q.9. A box contains 30 fruits, out of which 10 are rotten. Two fruits are selected at random one by one without
replacement from the box. Find the probability distribution of the number of unspoiled fruits. Also find the
mean of the probability distribution. [ISC 2023]
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Answers

1. (i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) 2. P (X = 0) = , P (X = 1) = , P (X = 2) =

3. P (X = 0) = , P (X = 1) = , P (X = 2) = , P (X = 3) = 4. 2

√ √
5. , , 6. , 7. 6, 3 8. 1, 11.

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