Find the probability distribution of
number of heads in two tosses of a coin.
Given:
A coin is tossed twice. Hence, the sample space of the experiment is S = {HH, HT, TH, TT}
X represents the number of heads.
⇒ X(HH) = 2
X(HT) = 1
X(TH) = 1
X(TT) = 0
Therefore, X is a function on sample space whose range is {0, 1, 2}.
Thus, X is a random variable which can take the values 0, 1 or 2.
As we know,
P(HH) = P(HT) = P(TH) = P(TT) = 1/4
P(X = 0) = P(TT) = 1/4
P(X = 1) = P(HT) + P(TH) = 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2
P(X = 2) = P(HH) = 1/4
Hence, the required probability distribution is,
X | 0 | 1 | 2 |
P(X) | 1/4 | 1/2 | 1/4 |