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2 voices dice are thrown together. For the first die P(6)=12P(6) = \frac{1}{2}, other scores are equally likely. While for the second die P(1)=25P(1) = \frac{2}{5} and other scores are equally likely than the Mean for the probability distribution of the number of one score will be

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✅ Correct Option: 4

We throw two biased dice together. Let XX be the number of times score "1" appears across both dice. So XX can be 0,1,0, 1, or 22.


For Die 1, we know P(6)=12P(6) = \dfrac{1}{2} and the other five scores are equally likely.

Since total probability =1= 1,

5×P(1)+12=15 \times P(1) + \dfrac{1}{2} = 1

P(1)=110P(1) = \dfrac{1}{10}


For Die 2, we are directly given

P(1)=25P(1) = \dfrac{2}{5}


Since the two dice are independent, we can find the probability distribution of XX:

P(X=0)=(1−110)(1−25)=910×35=2750P(X = 0) = \left(1 - \dfrac{1}{10}\right)\left(1 - \dfrac{2}{5}\right) = \dfrac{9}{10} \times \dfrac{3}{5} = \dfrac{27}{50}

P(X=1)=110×35+910×25=350+1850=2150P(X = 1) = \dfrac{1}{10} \times \dfrac{3}{5} + \dfrac{9}{10} \times \dfrac{2}{5} = \dfrac{3}{50} + \dfrac{18}{50} = \dfrac{21}{50}

P(X=2)=110×25=250P(X = 2) = \dfrac{1}{10} \times \dfrac{2}{5} = \dfrac{2}{50}

Sanity check: 2750+2150+250=1\dfrac{27}{50} + \dfrac{21}{50} + \dfrac{2}{50} = 1 ✔️


The mean is given by ∑X⋅P(X)\sum X \cdot P(X):

Mean=0×2750+1×2150+2×250\text{Mean} = 0 \times \dfrac{27}{50} + 1 \times \dfrac{21}{50} + 2 \times \dfrac{2}{50}

=2150+450= \dfrac{21}{50} + \dfrac{4}{50}

=2550= \dfrac{25}{50}

=12= \dfrac{1}{2}


Alternatively, by linearity of expectation, the mean is simply the sum of the individual probabilities of getting a 1 on each die:

Mean=110+25=110+410=510=12\text{Mean} = \dfrac{1}{10} + \dfrac{2}{5} = \dfrac{1}{10} + \dfrac{4}{10} = \dfrac{5}{10} = \dfrac{1}{2}

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