is my solution correct? 5 boy-girl couples arrive in a restaurant. The 10 customers take up random sits at a round table. Let X be the number of couples that end up in adjacent seats. What is the variance of X?   prob. of couples ending up in adjacent seats = 1/5 n = 10 binomial case so var(x) = np(1-p) var(x) = 10(1/5)(4/5) = 1.5

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5 boy-girl couples arrive in a restaurant. The 10 customers take up random sits at a round table. Let X be the number of couples that end up in adjacent seats. What is the variance of X?

 

prob. of couples ending up in adjacent seats = 1/5

n = 10

binomial case so var(x) = np(1-p)

var(x) = 10(1/5)(4/5) = 1.5

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