Problem #PRU-65339

Problems Probability and statistics Probability theory Discrete distribution Algebra Mean values

Problem

On board the airplane there are \(2n\) passengers, and the airline loaded for them \(n\) servings of lunch with chicken and \(n\) servings with fish. It is known that a passenger with a probability of 0.5 prefers chicken and with a probability of 0.5 prefers fish. Let’s call a passenger dissatisfied if he does not have what he prefers.

a) Find the most likely number of dissatisfied passengers.

b) Find the mathematical expectation of the number of dissatisfied passengers.

c) Find the variance of the number of dissatisfied passengers.