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# After scoring a touchdown, a football team may elect to

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Problem 1E

After scoring a touchdown, a football team may elect to attempt a two-point conversion, by running or passing the ball into the end zone. If successful, the team scores two points. For a certain football team, the probability that this play is successful is 0.40.

a. Let X = 1 if successful, X = 0 if not. Find the mean and variance of $$X$$.

b. If the conversion is successful, the team scores 2 points; if not the team scores 0 points. Let $$Y$$ be the number of points scored. Does $$Y$$ have a Bernoulli distribution? If so, find the success probability. If not, explain why not.

c. Find the mean and variance of $$Y$$ .

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Step-by-Step Solution:

Step 1 of 3:

(a)

In this question, we are asked to find the mean and variance of .

Where  is random variable of team scoring successfully two points in the football game.

For a certain football team, the probability that this play is successful is .

Let if successful, if not.

If the random event results in success, then . Otherwise . It follows that  is a discrete random variable, with probability mass function (PMF) defined by

for any value of x other than 0 or 1

The random variable  is said to have the Bernoulli distribution with parameter .

And the notation is  ∼ Bernoulli().

Mean) of a Bernoulli random variable

………….(1)

Where  is probability of success of any event which is given in the question.

Substitute the value of into the equation (1)

Variance  of a Bernoulli random variable

………….(2)

Substitute the value of into the equation (2)

Hence mean and variance of  is and respectively.

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