SOLUTION: A STUDENT IS GIVEN THREE HISTORICAL EVENTS TO MATCH. 1)mahatma gandhi's birthday 2)word war3 3)India;s independence and three years(1914,1947,1896). IF HE DOES IT BY GUESSING.

Question 398321: A STUDENT IS GIVEN THREE HISTORICAL EVENTS TO MATCH.
1)mahatma gandhi's birthday
2)word war3
3)India;s independence
and three years(1914,1947,1896).
IF HE DOES IT BY GUESSING.
WHAT IS THE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF NO. OF ANSWERS GUESSED CORRECTLY?
Answer by robertb(5830) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

LET X = NO. OF ANSWERS GUESSED CORRECTLY. THEN THE PROBABILITY DIST'N OF X IS AS FOLLOWS:
X P(x)
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0 3/6
1 2/6
2 1/6
NOTE THAT X CANNOT BE EQUAL TO 3 ANYMORE, BECAUSE THAT IS COVERED BY THE CASE X = 2.
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