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Distinguish a reflected distribution from dependent realised throws
A cubical die has three faces marked 1, two faces marked 2 and one face marked 3. Find the expectation and variance of its score in one throw.
Deduce, or find otherwise, the expectation and variance for a second cubical die with one face marked 1, two marked 2 and three marked 3.
Two dice of the first type and one of the second are thrown together; X is their total score. Let and . Show that
(i) ,
(ii) .
[J1983/I/11]
CJC · Discussion · Question 6
Reflecting the face-label distribution is useful for one-die moments; use independent copies for the three-die total.