
A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 1. A bucket contains 10 ping pong balls, of which 3 are orange and 7 are blue. You draw
two ping pong balls out of the bag (randomly and without replacement). Let X be the number of
blue balls that you draw.
(a) Explain why X meets the criteria to be a discrete r.v., and give its space.
(b) Find the pmf of X.
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