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Q.In 16 throws of a die getting an even number is considered a success, then the variance of the successes is

(a) 44
(b) 66
(c) 22
(d) 256256
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This is a binomial variance problem: n=16n=16, p=q=12p=q=\frac12, giving variance npq=4npq=4.

  1. A fair die has outcomes {1,2,3,4,5,6}\{1,2,3,4,5,6\}; the even numbers {2,4,6}\{2,4,6\} are 33 out of 66 equally likely outcomes.
  2. Probability of success (even number) p=36=12p=\dfrac{3}{6}=\dfrac12; probability of failure q=1−p=12q=1-p=\dfrac12.
  3. The 1616 throws are independent, identical Bernoulli trials, so the number of successes follows a Binomial distribution B(n,p)B(n,p) with n=16, p=12n=16,\ p=\frac12.
  4. The variance of a binomial distribution is Var=npq\text{Var}=npq. …

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