A bag contains 4 red and 2 blue balls, all of the same size. A ball is slected at random and removed from the bag. This s repeated until a blue ball is removed from the bag.
The random variable B is the number of balls that have been removed from the bag
a) show that P(B=2) = 4/15
b) Find the probability distribution of B
c) Find E(B)
The bag and the same ball 6 balls are used in a game at a funfair. One ball is removed from the bag at a time and a contestant wins 50 pence (or cents for americans :D) if one of the first two balls picked out is a blue
d) What are the expected winnings of playing this game once
For 1 pound (or again 1 dollar), the contestant gets to play the game three times
e) What is the expected profit or loss from the three games
I know its long but please help me i am really stuck
Maths with statistics HELP PLZ!!!!?
a) P(B=1) = 2/6 = 1/3
P(B=2) = [1 - P(B=1)] x 2/5 = 1/3 x 2/5 = 4/15
b) P(B=3) = [1 - P(B=1) - P(B=2)] x 2/4
= [1 - 1/3 - 4/15] x 2/4 = 15/15- 5/15 - 4/15] x 2/4
= 6/15 x 2/4 = 12/60 = 1/5
P(B=4) = [1 - P(B=1) - P(B=2) - P(B=3)] x 2/3
= [1 - 1/3 - 4/15 - 1/5] x 2/3 = [15/15 - 5/15 - 4/15 -3/15] x 2/3
= 3/15 x 2/3 = 2/15
P(B=5) = 1/15
P(b%26gt;5) = 0
c) E(B) = 1x5/15 + 2x4/15 + 3x3/15 + 4x2/15 + 5x1/15
= 35/15 = 7/3 = 2.333333333333333
"if one of the first two balls picked out is a blue" is ambiguous
d) For exactly one blue:
P = [2/6 x 4/5] + [4/6 x 2/5] = 16/30 = 8/15
E = .5 x 8/15 = 4/15 = 2.66666666666666
e) E = 1 x 8/15 x 3 = 24/15 = 1.6
d) For at least one blue:
P = P(B=1) + P(B = 2) = 5/15 + 9/15 = 9/15
e) E = 1 x 9/15 x 3 = 27/15 = 1.8
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