The probability distribution of a random variable $X$ is given by

$X=x$	$0$	$1$	$2$	$3$	$4$
$P(X=x)$	$0.4$	$0.3$	$0.1$	$0.1$	$0.1$

The variance of $X$ is

State which of the following is not the probability distribution of a random variable. Give reasons for your answer.

$Z$	$3$	$2$	$1$	$0$	$-1$
$P(Z)$	$0.3$	$0.2$	$0.4$	$0.1$	$0.05$

Two balls are drawn at random with replacement from a box containing $10$ black and $8$ red balls. Find the probability that both balls are red.

If a random variable $X$ has p.d.f. $f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{ax^2}{2} + bx & , \text{if } 1 \leqslant x \leqslant 3 \\ 0 & , \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$ and $f(2) = 2$,then the values of $a$ and $b$ are,respectively

If $P(X = x) = 5r^x$,$x = 1, 2, 3, \dots$ is the probability mass function of a discrete random variable $X$,then $r = $

If the probability that the random variable $X$ takes the value $x$ is given by $P(X=x) = k(x+1)3^{-x}$,for $x = 0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots$,where $k$ is a constant,then $P(X \geq 3)$ is equal to