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Q.Two cards are drawn (without replacement) from a well-shuffled pack of playing cards. Find the probability distribution table and the mean of the number of kings.

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XX = number of kings among 2 cards drawn without replacement from 52. Build the distribution using (4k)(482−k)(522)\dfrac{\binom{4}{k}\binom{48}{2-k}}{\binom{52}{2}}, then find the mean.

There are 4 kings and 48 non-kings in a deck of 52 cards. Let XX = number of kings among the 2 cards drawn (without replacement), so X∈{0,1,2}X\in\{0,1,2\}.

Total ways to draw 2 cards: (522)=1326\binom{52}{2}=1326.

P(X=0)P(X=0) (no kings, both non-kings):

P(X=0)=(482)(522)=11281326=188221P(X=0)=\frac{\binom{48}{2}}{\binom{52}{2}} = \frac{1128}{1326} = \frac{188}{221}

P(X=1)P(X=1) (exactly 1 king, 1 non-king):

P(X=1)=(41)(481)(522)=4×481326=1921326=32221P(X=1)=\frac{\binom{4}{1}\binom{48}{1}}{\binom{52}{2}} = \frac{4\times48}{1326} = \frac{192}{1326}=\frac{32}{221}

P(X=2)P(X=2) (both kings):

P(X=2)=(42)(522)=61326=1221P(X=2)=\frac{\binom{4}{2}}{\binom{52}{2}} = \frac{6}{1326} = \frac{1}{221}

Check: 188+32+1221=221221=1\dfrac{188+32+1}{221}=\dfrac{221}{221}=1 ✓

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