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Standard XII
Mathematics
Standard Deviation
The mean and ...
Question
The mean and variance of a binomial variate with parameters n and p are 16 and 8, respectively. Find P (X = 0), P (X = 1) and P (X ≥ 2).
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Solution
Given: mean =16 and variance = 8
Let n and p be the parameters of the distribution.
That is, np = 16 and npq = 8
q
=
n
p
q
n
p
=
1
2
and
p
=
1
-
q
=
1
2
n
p
=
16
⇒
n
=
32
∴
P
(
X
=
r
)
=
C
r
32
1
2
r
1
2
32
-
r
,
r
=
0
,
1
,
2
.
.
.
.
32
,
⇒
P
(
X
=
0
)
=
1
2
32
P
(
X
=
1
)
=
32
1
2
32
=
1
2
2
P
(
X
≥
2
)
=
1
-
P
(
X
=
0
)
-
P
(
X
=
1
)
=
1
-
1
2
32
-
1
2
27
=
1
-
1
+
32
2
32
=
1
-
33
2
32
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