Variance and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable
Variance and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable
Last updated at August 19, 2026 by Teachoo
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Question 8 Two cards are drawn simultaneously (or successively without replacement) from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the mean, variance and standard deviation of the number of kings.Since we are drawing cards without replacement, it is NOT a Bernoulli trial Let X be the number of kings obtained We can get 0, 1, or 2 kings So, value of X is 0, 1 or 2 Total number of ways to draw 2 cards out of 52 is Total ways = 52C2 = 1326 P(X = 0) i.e. Probability of getting 0 kings Number of ways to get 0 kings = Number of ways to select 2 cards out of non king cards = Number of ways to select 2 cards out of (52 โ 4) 48 cards = 48C2 = 1128 P(X = 0) = (๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก 0 ๐๐๐๐๐ )/(๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ) = 1128/1326 P(X = 1) i.e. Probability of getting 1 kings Number of ways to get 1 kings = Number of ways to select 1 king out of 4 king cards ร Number of ways to select 1 card from 48 non king cards = 4C1 ร 48C1 = 4 ร 48 = 192 P(X = 1) = (๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก 1 ๐๐๐๐)/(๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ) = 192/1326 P(X = 2) i.e. Probability of getting 2 kings Number of ways to get 1 kings = Number of ways of selecting 2 kings out of 4 king cards = 4C2 = 6 P(X = 2) = (๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก 2 ๐๐๐๐๐ )/(๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ ) = 6/1326 The probability distribution is The expectation value E(x) is given by ๐="E(X)"=โ2_(๐ = 1)^๐โ๐ฅ๐๐๐ = 0 ร 1128/1326 +"1 ร" 192/1326 + 2 ร 6/1326 = 0 + (192 + 12 )/1326 = 204/1326 = ๐๐/๐๐๐ The variance of x is given by : Var (๐)=๐ธ(๐^2 )โ[๐ธ(๐)]^2 So, finding ๐ฌ(๐ฟ^๐ ) E(๐^2 )=โ2_(๐ = 1)^๐โใใ๐ฅ_๐ใ^2 ๐๐ใ = 02 ร 1128/1326+"12 ร " 192/1326+ 22 ร 6/1326 = 0+(192 + 4 ร 6)/1326 = (192 + 24)/1326 = 216/1326 = 36/221 Now, Var (๐ฟ)=๐ฌ(๐ฟ^๐ )โ[๐ฌ(๐ฟ)]^๐ = 36/221โ(34/221)^2 = 1/221 [36โใ34ใ^2/221] = 1/221 [(221 ร 36 โ 1156)/221] = 6800/(221)^2 โด Variance var (๐) = 6800/(221)^2 Standard deviation is given by ๐_๐=โ(๐ฃ๐๐(๐) ) =โ(6800/(221)^2 ) = โ6800/221 = 82.46/221 = 8246/22100 = 0.37