When a fair dice is thrown there are total 6 possible outcomes.

∵ X denote twice the number appearing on die

∴ X can take values 2,4,6,8,10 and 12

As appearance of a number on a fair die is equally likely

i.e. P(appearing of 1) = P(appearing of 2) = P(appearing of 3) = P(appearing of 4) = P(appearing of 5) = P(appearing of 6) = 1/6

∴ appearance of twice of the number is also equally likely with a probability of 1/6.

P(X=2)=P(X=4)=P(X=6)=P(X=8)=P(X=10)=P(X=12)=1/6

Now we have p_i and x_i.

Let’s proceed to find mean and variance.

Mean of any probability distribution is given by Mean = ∑x_ip_i

Variance is given by:

Variance = ∑ x_i²p_i – (∑x_ip_i)²

∴ first we need to find the products i.e. p_ix_i and p_ix_i² and add them to get mean and apply the above formula to get the variance.

Following table gives the required products :

Required Probability distribution table:-

∴ Mean =

Variance =