Answer to Question #299053 in Statistics and Probability for Zzzz

Question

Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement from a box containing 3 red balls and 4 yellow balls. Find the possible outcomes and the values X of the random variable X, where X is the number of yellow balls. Use R for red balls and Y as yellow balls

Answer 1

Solution:

3 red balls and 4 yellow balls.

Two balls are drawn in succession without replacement.

Possible outcomes or S={RR, YY, RY, YR}

Random variable X is the number of yellow balls.

X={0,1,2}