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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<p>$$\begin{aligned}
& \bar{X}=\sum X p(X) \\
& \bar{Y}=\sum Y p(Y) \\
& P(X=3)=P(Y=0)=\frac{{ }^5 C_3 \cdot C_0}{{ }^9 C_3}=\frac{{ }^5 C_2}{{ }^9 C_3}=\frac{5}{42} \\
& P(X=2)=P(Y=1)=\frac{{ }^5 C_2 \cdot C_1}{{ }^9 C_3}=\frac{10}{21} \\
& P(X=1)=P(Y=2)=\frac{{ }^5 C_1 \cdot C_2}{{ }^9 C_3}=\frac{5}{14} \\
& P(X=0)=P(Y=3)=\frac{{ }^5 C_0 \cdot C_3}{{ }^9 C_3}=\frac{4}{84}=\frac{1}{21} \\
& \bar{X}=3 \times \frac{5}{42}+2 \times \frac{10}{21}+\frac{5}{14}+0 \times \frac{1}{21}=\frac{15+40+15}{42}=\frac{70}{42} \\
& \bar{Y}=0 \times \frac{5}{42}+1 \times \frac{10}{21}+2 \times \frac{5}{14}+3 \times \frac{1}{21}=\frac{20+30+6}{42}=\frac{56}{42} \\
& 7 \bar{X}+4 \bar{Y}=17
\end{aligned}$$</p>
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Probability · Topic: Classical and Axiomatic Probability
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