Medium INTEGER +4 / -1 PYQ · JEE Mains 2024

Three balls are drawn at random from a bag containing 5 blue and 4 yellow balls. Let the random variables $X$ and $Y$ respectively denote the number of blue and yellow balls. If $\bar{X}$ and $\bar{Y}$ are the means of $X$ and $Y$ respectively, then $7 \bar{X}+4 \bar{Y}$ is equal to ___________.

Answer (integer) 17

Solution

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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Probability · Topic: Classical and Axiomatic Probability

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