Exercise · ZW-BERNOULLI-DISTRIBUTION-004 · ★☆☆ Basic
A fair die is rolled and \(X=1\) if a 6 shows, \(X=0\) otherwise. Compute \(\operatorname{Var}(X)\).
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- B. \(\tfrac{5}{36}\)
Explanation
Here \(p=\tfrac16\), so \(p(1-p)=\tfrac16\cdot\tfrac56=\tfrac5{36}\).
Review the concept: Bernoulli distribution
A Bernoulli variable \(X\) only takes the values 1 (success) and 0 (failure); its only parameter \(p\) is the probability \(P\) of success.
\[P(X=1)=p,\quad P(X=0)=1-p\]
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