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An unbiased coin is tossed 5 times. Suppose that a variable X is assigned the value k when k consecutive heads are obtained for k = 3 , 4 , 5 , otherwise X takes the value - 1 . Then the expected value of X , is

Options

  1. A3 16
  2. B1 8
  3. C- 3 16
  4. D- 1 8

Correct answer

B. 1 8

Step-by-step solution

If k represents the number of consecutive heads and P k is the corresponding probability while an unbiased coin is tossed 5 times, then k 0 1 2 3 4 5 P k 1 2 5 12 2 5 11 2 5 5 2 5 2 2 5 1 2 5 Now, the expected value of variable X is - 1 1 2 5 + - 1 12 2 5 + - 1 11 2 5 + 3 5 2 5 + 4 2 2 5 + 5 1 2 5 = 1 2 5 - 1 - 12 - 11 + 15 + 8 + 5 = 28 - 24 2 5 = 4 2 5 = 1 2 3 = 1 8

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