VIT Engineering VIT Engineering Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    If X is a binomial variate with the range {0,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and \[P\left( X=2 \right)=4P\left( X=4 \right),\] then the parameter p of X is

    A)  \[\frac{1}{3}\]

    B)  \[\frac{1}{2}\]

    C)  \[\frac{2}{3}\]

    D)  \[\frac{3}{4}\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Here, n = 6 According to the question \[{}^{6}{{C}_{2}}{{p}^{2}}{{q}^{4}}=4\cdot {}^{6}{{C}_{4}}{{p}^{4}}{{q}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{q}^{2}}=4{{p}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[{{(1-p)}^{2}}=4{{p}^{2}}\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[3{{p}^{2}}+2p-1=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[(p+1)\,(3p-1)=0\] \[\Rightarrow \] \[p=\frac{1}{3}\] (\[\because \]p cannot be negative)


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