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An urn contains 5 red and 2 black balls . Two balls are randomly drawn. Let X represent the number of black balls. What are the possible values of X ? Is X a random variable ?

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These two balls may be selected as RR,RB,BR,BB where R represents red and B represents black ball, variable X has the value 0,1,2, i.e., there may be no black balls, may be one black ball, or both the black balls.

Yes, X is a random variable.

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