A coin is tossed three times. Let X denote the number of times a tail follows a head. If μ and σ2 denote the mean and variance of X, then the value of 64(μ + σ2) is :
- AOption (a)
51
- BOption (b)
48
- COption (c)
32
- DOption (d)
64
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Correct answer
48
Why this answer is correct
Calculation
HHH → 0
HHT → 0
HTH → 1
HTT → 0
THH → 1
THT → 1
TTH → 1
TTT → 0
Probability distribution
\(\begin{array}{c|c|c} \mathrm{x}{\mathrm{i}} & 0 & 1 \ \hline \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{x}{\mathrm{i}}\right) & 1 / 2 & 1 / 2 \end{array}\)
\(\mu=\sum \mathrm{x}{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{p}{\mathrm{i}}=\frac{1}{2}\)
=
Hence option 2 is correct