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A box contains 10 pens of which 3 are defective. A sample of 2 pens is drawn at random and let X denote the number of defective pens. Then the variance of X is

(1) \(\frac{11}{15}\)

(2) \(\frac{28}{75}\)

(3) \(\frac{2}{15}\)

(4) \(\frac{3}{5}\)
 

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Correct option is: (2) \(\frac{28}{75}\) 

x x = 0 x = 1 x = 2
P(x) \(\frac{{}^7C_2}{{}^{10}C_2}\) \(\frac{{}^7C_1 {}^3C_1}{{}^{10}C_2}\) \(\frac{{}^3C_2}{{}^{10}C_2}\)

\(\mu=\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)=0+\frac{7}{15}+\frac{2}{15}=\frac{3}{5}\)

\(\operatorname{Variance}(\mathrm{x})=\Sigma \mathrm{P}_{\mathrm{i}}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}-\mu\right)^{2}=\frac{28}{75}\)  

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