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In a National Achievement Test, suppose three test booklets are tested at random. Let D represent the defective test booklet and let N represent the non-defective test booklet. Let X be the random variable representing the number of non-defective test booklets

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There are 2^3=8 possible outcomes

The sample space S is given as, S=\{DDD,DDN,DND,DNN,NDD,NND,NNN\}

The random variable X may take on the values, 0,1,2,3. We can express this as, x=0,1,2,3  

We shall present the number of non-defective test booklets in the frequency distribution table below,

X f

0 1

1 3

2 3

3 1

The probability distribution is,

x 0 1 2 3

p(x) {1\over8} {3\over8} {3\over8} {1\over8}

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