Let X denote the sum of the numbers obtained when two fair dice are rolled. Find the variance and standard deviation of X.
Given: Two fair dice are rolled
When two fair dice are rolled then number of observations will be 6 × 6 = 36.
X denote the sum of the numbers obtained when two fair dice are rolled. Hence, X can take any value of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12.
For X = 2, the possible observations are (1, 1).
For X = 3, the possible observations are (1,2) and (2,1)
For X = 4, the possible observations are (1,3), (2,2) and (3,1).
For X = 5, the possible observations are (1, 4), (4, 1), (2,3) and (3,2)
For X = 6, the possible observations are (1, 5), (5, 1), (2,4), (4,2) and (3,3).
For X = 7, the possible observations are (1, 6), (6, 1), (2,5), (5,2),(3,4) and (4,3).
For X = 8, the possible observations are (2,6), (6,2),(3,5), (5,3) and (4,4).
For X = 9, the possible observations are (5, 4), (4, 5), (3,6) and (6,3)
For X = 10, the possible observations are (5,5), (4,6) and (6,4).
For X = 11, the possible observations are (6,5) and (5,6)
For X = 12, the possible observations are (6, 6).
Hence, the required probability distribution is,
X | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
P(X) |
Therefore E(X) is:
⇒ E(X) = 7
And E(X2) is:
⇒ E(X2) = 54.833
Then Variance, Var(X) = E(X2) – (E(X))2
= 54.833 – (7)2
= 54.833 – 49 = 5.833
And Standard deviation
⇒ Standard deviation = 2.415