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QJEEM24Ma0c1c: JEE Main 2024 Mathematics - Class 12 JEEM24Ma0c1c Solution: From a lot of 12 items containing 3 defectives, a sample of 5…

From a lot of 12 items containing 3 defectives, a sample of 5 items is drawn at random. Let the random variable XX denote the number of defective items in the sample. Let items in the sample be drawn one by one without replacement. If variance of XX is mn\frac{m}{n} , where gcd⁡(m,n)=1\operatorname{gcd}(m, n)=1 , then n−mn-m is equal to _________.

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Given a lot of 12 items, 3 are defective.

Good items, 12−3=912-3=9

Let XX denote the number of defective items.

So, value of X=0,1,2,3X=0,1,2,3

A sample of SS items is drawn.

P(X=0)=GGGGGP(X=0)=G G G G G

(here GG is good item and dd is defective)

amp;912⋅811⋅710⋅69⋅58=21132=744amp;P(X=1)=5[9⋅8⋅7⋅6⋅312⋅11⋅10⋅9⋅8]=2144amp;P(X=2)=5[9⋅8⋅7⋅3⋅212⋅11⋅10⋅9⋅8]=1444amp;P(X=3)=5[3⋅2⋅1⋅9⋅812⋅11⋅10⋅9⋅8]=244amp;P(X=4)=0amp;P(X=5)=0\begin{aligned}& \frac{9}{12} \cdot \frac{8}{11} \cdot \frac{7}{10} \cdot \frac{6}{9} \cdot \frac{5}{8}=\frac{21}{132}=\frac{7}{44} \\& P(X=1)=5\left[\frac{9 \cdot 8 \cdot 7 \cdot 6 \cdot 3}{12 \cdot 11 \cdot 10 \cdot 9 \cdot 8}\right]=\frac{21}{44} \\& P(X=2)=5\left[\frac{9 \cdot 8 \cdot 7 \cdot 3 \cdot 2}{12 \cdot 11 \cdot 10 \cdot 9 \cdot 8}\right]=\frac{14}{44} \\& P(X=3)=5\left[\frac{3 \cdot 2 \cdot 1 \cdot 9 \cdot 8}{12 \cdot 11 \cdot 10 \cdot 9 \cdot 8}\right]=\frac{2}{44} \\& P(X=4)=0 \\& P(X=5)=0\end{aligned}

XX 0 1 2 3 4 5
P(X)P(X) 744 2144 1444 244 0 0
XP(X)XP(X) 0 2144 2844 644 0 0
X2P(X)X^2P(X) 0 2144 5644 1844 0 0

amp;σx2=∑X2P(x)−(∑xP(x))2amp;=9544−(5544)2amp;=4180−30251936=11551936=105176=mnamp;=n−m=71\begin{aligned}& \sigma_x^2=\sum X^2 P(x)-\left(\sum x P(x)\right)^2 \\& =\frac{95}{44}-\left(\frac{55}{44}\right)^2 \\& =\frac{4180-3025}{1936}=\frac{1155}{1936}=\frac{105}{176}=\frac{m}{n} \\& =n-m=71\end{aligned}

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