Reply To: Question 50 — JEE Main 28 Jan 2026 S Ii

3 June, 2026 at 8:29 pm #1128

Solution

Expectation $\mathrm{E}(\mathrm{x})=\sum \mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}} \mathrm{P}\left(\mathrm{x}_{\mathrm{i}}\right)=\frac{263}{15}$
$\Rightarrow \frac{28 \times 2 \mathrm{k}+30 \mathrm{k}+64 \mathrm{k}+102 \mathrm{k}+36 \mathrm{k}+76 \mathrm{k}+120 \mathrm{k}+42 \mathrm{k}}{7 \times 15}=\frac{263}{15}$
$\Rightarrow 526 \mathrm{k}=263 \times 7 \Rightarrow \mathrm{k}=\frac{7}{2}$

X 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x})$ $\frac{2}{15}$ $\frac{1}{15}$ $\frac{2}{15}$ $\frac{3}{15}$ $\frac{1}{15}$ $\frac{2}{15}$ $\frac{3}{15}$ $\frac{1}{15}$

$\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{x}<20)=\frac{2+1+2+3+1+2}{15}=\frac{11}{15}$ Answer(3)