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Aand Bwill take the same 10-question examination. Each question will be answered correctly by Awith probability.7, independently of her results on other questions. Each question will be answered correctly by B with probability .4, independently both of her results on the other questions and on the performance of A.

(a) Find the expected number of questions that are answered correctly by both A and B.

(b) Find the variance of the number of questions that are answered correctly by either A or B

Short Answer

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The expected number of correctly answered questions by both Aand Bon a 10question exam is2.8.

The variance for the number of correctly answered questions by either Aor B is1.476.

Step by step solution

01

Given Information (Part-a)

The problem deals with the probability of two persons Aand Banswering correctly on a 10question exam.

Probability of ' A ' answering one question correctly,P(A)=0.7

02

Solution of the Problem (Part-a)

The probability of success, that is, both Aand Banswering a question correctly is given by p(AB)=p(A)p(B)

=0.70.4

=0.28.

03

Computation of the Expected Value (Part-a)

Let Xdenotes the number of questions that are answered correctly by both Aand Bon a 10question exam.

Here,X~Binom(n=10,p=0.28)

The expected value is found as follows.

E(X)=np

=100.28

We get,

=2.8.

04

Final Answer (Part-a)

The expected number of correctly answered questions by both AandBon a 10question exam is 2.8.

05

Given Information (Part-b)

The problem deals with the probability of two persons Aand Banswering correctly on a 10question exam.

Probability of ' B' answering one question correctly,P(B)=0.4.

06

Solution of the Problem (Part-b)

The probability that either Aor Banswers a question correctly is given below.

P(AB)=P(A)+P(B)-P(AB)

=0.7+0.4-0.28

We get,

=0.82.

07

Computation of the Variance (Part-b)

LetX denotes the number of questions that are answered correctly by either Aor Bon a10question exam.

Here, X~Binom(n=10,p=0.82)

Then, the variance of the number of questions correctly answered by either Aor Bis given by,

Var(X)=np(1-p)

=100.82(1-0.82)

=1.476

08

Final Answer (Part-b)

The variance for the number of correctly answered questions by either Aor Bis 1.476.

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