Q. Two cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well shuffled deck of 52 cards, then the mean of the number of aces is

A) $\frac{1}{13}$
B) $\frac{3}{13}$
C) $\frac{2}{13}$
D) None of these
Explanation

(c)
Let $X$ denote the number of aces.
Probability of selecting aces,
$P = \frac{4}{52} = \frac{1}{13}$
Probability of not selecting aces,
$q = 1 - \frac{1}{13} = \frac{12}{13}$
$P(X = 1) = 2 \times \left( \frac{1}{13} \right) \times \left( \frac{12}{13} \right) = \frac{24}{169}$
$P(X = 2) = 2\left( \frac{1}{13} \right)^{2}.\left( \frac{12}{13} \right)^{0} = \frac{2}{169}$
Mean $= \Sigma P_{1}X_{i} = \frac{24}{169} + \frac{2}{169} = \frac{2}{13}$

Dr. Abubacker
Reviewed by Dr. Abubacker

Physics Educator & NEET/JEE Specialist

Ph.D. in Physics with 19+ years of teaching experience.