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June 2016 p61 q4
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A box contains 2 green sweets and 5 blue sweets. Two sweets are taken at random from the box, without replacement. The random variable X is the number of green sweets taken. Find E(X) and Var(X).
Solution
Let X be the random variable representing the number of green sweets taken. The possible values of X are 0, 1, and 2.