Poisson distribution - class-XII
Comprehensive quiz on Poisson distribution covering properties, parameters, mean and variance relationships, probability calculations, and real-world applications including accidents, defects, and rare events.
Questions
In a poisson distribution, the variance is $m$ . The sum of terms in odd places in the distribution is
- $e^{-m}$
- $e^{-m} \cos \, h \, (m)$
- $e^{-m} \sin \, h \, (m)$
- $e^{-m} \cot \, h \, (m)$
lf the mean is $\lambda$ and the variance is $\sigma^{2}$ in a Poisson distribution, then
- $\displaystyle \lambda=\frac{1}{2}\sigma^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \sigma^{2}=\frac{1}{2}\lambda$
- $\lambda=\sigma^{2}$
- $\sigma^{2}=\lambda^{2}$
If the mean of P.D. is 5, then the variance of the same distribution is
- $25$
- $10$
- $5$
- $15$
If ${\overline{x}}$ and $\sigma^{2}$ are mean and variance of poisson distribution, then
- $\overline{x}>\sigma^{2}$
- $\overline{x}<\sigma^{2}$
- $\overline{x}=\sigma^{2}$
- $\overline{x}+\sigma^{2}=1$
The S.D. of poisson distribuition whose mean is $\lambda $ is
- $\lambda$
- $\sqrt{\lambda}$
- $\lambda^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{\lambda}}$
If the mean of Poisson distribution is $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$, then the ratio of $P(X=3)$ to $P(X=2)$ is
- 1:2
- 1:4
- 1:6
- 1:8
In a poisson distribution, the probability of $0$ success is $10$%. The mean of the distribution is equal to
- $\log _{10}e$
- $\log _{e}10$
- $0$
- $\dfrac{1}{10}$
The parameter $\lambda $ of poisson distribution is always
- zero
- 1
- -1
- a finite positive value
If X is a poisson variable with parameter 0.09,then its S.D. is
- 0.009
- 0.3
- 0.03
- 0.09
The standard deviation of P.D. is 1.5, then its mean is
- 1.5
- 2
- 2.25
- 3.25
If the mean of poisson distribution is $16$, then its S.D. is
- $16$
- $4$
- $10$
- $15$
Six coins are tossed $6400$ times. The probability of getting $6$ heads $x$ times using poison distribution is
- $6400{e^{ - x}}$
- $\frac{{6400{e^{ - x}}}}{{x!}}$
- $\frac{{{e^{ - 100}}{{100}^x}}}{{x!}}$
- ${e^{ - 100}}$
For a Poission distribution which pair has same value.
- (Mean, Std. Deviation)
- (Variance, Standard Deviation)
- (Mean, Variance)
- None of these
For a poission distribution variable $X$ is such that $P(X = 2) = 9 P(X= 4) + 90 P(X= 6)$ the mean is
- $2$
- $3$
- $1$
- None of these
For a Poission distribution, which of the following is true
- $Mean = Mode$
- $Median = S.D.$
- $Mean = Variance$
- $Median = Variance$
At a telephone enquiry system the number of phone calls regarding relevant enquiry follow Poisson distribution with a average of 5 phone calls during IO-minute time intervals. The probability that there is at the most one phone call during a 10-minute time period is
- $\displaystyle \frac{6}{5^{e}}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{5}{6}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{6}{55}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{6}{e^{5}}$
The probability of r successes in case of poissons distrbution is
- $\dfrac{e^{\gamma }m}{\angle \gamma }$
- $\dfrac{\gamma ^{m}e^{m}}{\angle \gamma }$
- $\dfrac{e^{m}\gamma }{\angle \gamma }$
- $\dfrac{e^{-m}m^{r}}{\angle \gamma }$
A random variable $X$ has Poisson distribution with mean $2$. Then $P(X > 1.5)$ equals
- $2/e^{2}$
- $0$
- $1-\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$
- $\dfrac{3}{e^{2}}$
If $X$ is a random poisson variate such that $\alpha =p(X=1)=p(X=2)$, then $p(X=4)=$
- $2\alpha $
- $\dfrac{\alpha }{3}$
- $\alpha e^{-2}$
- $\alpha e^{2}$
The variance of P.D. with parameter $\lambda $ is
- $\lambda $
- $\sqrt{\lambda }$
- $\dfrac{1}{\lambda}$
- $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {\lambda}}$
If a random variable $X$ has a poisson distributionsuch that $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$, its mean and varianceare
- $1,1$
- $2, 2$
- $2, 3$
- $2,4$
If m is the variance of P.D., then the ratio of sum of the terms in even places to the sum of the terms in odd places is
- $e^{-m}\cosh m$
- $e^{-m}\sinh m$
- $\coth m$
- $\tanh m$
If ${m}$ is the variance of Poisson distribution, then sum of the terms in even places is
- $e^{-m}$
- $e^{-m}\cosh m$
- $e^{-m}\sinh m$
- $e^{-m}\coth m$
If m is the variance of P.D., then the ratio of sum of the terms in odd places to the sum of the terms in even places is
- $e^{-m}\cosh m$
- $e^{-m}\sinh m$
- $\coth m$
- $\tanh m$
A : the sum of the times in odd places in a P.D is $e^{-\lambda }$ cosh $\lambda$
R : cosh $\lambda =\frac{\lambda ^{1}}{1!}+\frac{\lambda ^{3}}{3!}+\frac{\lambda ^{5}}{5!}+......$
- Both A and R are true and R is the correct
explanation of A - Both A and R are true but R is not correct
explanation of A - A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
If $X$ is a poisson variate with $P(X=0)=P(X=1)$, then $P(X=2)$ is
- $\dfrac{e}{2}$
- $\dfrac{e}{6}$
- $\dfrac{1}{6e}$
- $\dfrac{1}{2e}$
If $X$ is a random poisson variate such that $E(X^{2})=6$, then $E(X)=$
- $-3$
- $2$
- $-3\&2$
- $-2$
For a Poisson variate $X$ if $P(X=2)=3P(X=3)$, then the mean of $X$ is
- $1$
- $1/2$
- $1/3$
- $1/4$
If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=\dfrac{1}{2}$, the variance of $X$ is
- $\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $2$
- $\log _{e}2$
- $3$
If in a poisson frequency distribution, the frequency of $3$ successes is $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$ times the frequency of $4$ successes, the mean of the distribution is
- $\displaystyle \frac{2}{3}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
- $6$
- $\sqrt{6}$
If X is a poisson variate such that $P(X=2)=9p(X=4)+90p(X=6)$ , then the mean of x is
- $3$
- $2$
- $1$
- $0$
If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=0.1,P(X=2)=0.2$, then the parameter $\lambda $
- $2$
- $4$
- $5$
- $3$
If $X$ is a poisson variate with $P(X=0) = 0.8,$ then the variance of $X$ is
- $log _{e}20$
- $log _{10}20$
- $log _{e}(5/4)$
- $0$
If in a poisson distribution $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$; the mean of the distribution $f(x)=e^{-x}\dfrac{\lambda ^{x}}{\angle x}$ is
- $1$
- $2$
- $\dfrac{1}{2}$
- $\dfrac{3}{2}$
If for a poisson distribution $P(X=0)=0.2$, then the variance of the distribution is
- $5$
- $log _{10}5$
- $log _{e}5$
- $log _{5}e$
In a Poisson distribution, the probability $P(X=0)$ is twice the probability $P(X=1)$. The mean of the distribution is
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{4}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{3}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}$
Suppose $X$ is a poisson variable such that $P(X=2)=\frac{2}{3}P(X=1)$, then $P(x=0)$ is
- $\dfrac{3}{4}$
- $e^{\dfrac{4}{3}}$
- $e^{\dfrac{-4}{3}}$
- $\dfrac{1}{2}$
If $X$ is a poisson variable such that $P(X=2)=\frac{2}{3}P(X=1)$, then $P(x=3)$ is
- $e^{\frac{-4}{3}}$
- $\frac{64}{162}e^{\frac{-4}{3}}$
- $e^{\frac{-3}{4}}$
- $e^{\frac{3}{4}}$
If $X$ is a Poisson variate with parameter $1.5$, then $P(X>1)$ is
- $1-e^{-1.5}$
- $e^{-1.5}(2.5)$
- $1-e^{-1.5}(2.5)$
- $1-e^{-1.5}(3.5)$
If $X$ is a poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=P(X=1)$,then $P(X=2)=$
- $\dfrac{e}{2}$
- $\dfrac{e}{6}$
- $\dfrac{1}{6e}$
- $\dfrac{1}{2e}$
A random variable $X$ follows poisson distribution such that $P(X=k)=P(X=k+1)$ then the parameter of the distribution $\lambda =$
- $K$
- $K+1$
- $\dfrac{K}{2}$
- $\dfrac{K+1}{2}$
In a poisson distribution $P(X=0)=P(X=1)=k$, then the value of $k$ is
- $1$
- $\displaystyle\frac{1}{e}$
- $e$
- $\sqrt{2}$
If for a poisson variable $ X$, $P(X=1)=2.\ P(X=2)$, then the parameter $\lambda $ is
- $0$
- $1$
- $2$
- $3$
If $X$ is a Poisson variate such that $P(X=1) = P(X=2)$ then $P(X=4)=$
- $\dfrac{1}{2e^{2}}$
- $\dfrac{1}{3e^{2}}$
- $\dfrac{2}{3e^{2}}$
- $\dfrac{1}{e^{2}}$
If a random variable $X$ follows a P.D. such that $P(X=1)=P(X=2)$, then $P(X=0)=$
- $e^{2}$
- $\dfrac{1}{e^{2}}$
- $\dfrac{1}{e}$
- $e$
If the first two terms of a Poisson distribution are equal to $k$, find $k$.
- $e$
- $\displaystyle \frac{1}{e}$
- $1$
- $2$
In a binomial distribution $n = 200, p = 0.04$. Taking Poisson distribution as an approximation to the binomial distribution .
Assertion (A) :- Mean of the Poisson distribution $= 8$
Reason (R) : In a Poisson distribution, $\displaystyle P(X=4)=\frac{512}{3e^{8}}$
- both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
If $X$ is a random poission variate such that $2P(X=0)+P(X=2)=2P(X=1)$ then $E(X)=$
- $4$
- $3$
- $2$
- $1$
If the probability of that a poisson variable $X$ takes a positive value $\geq 1$ is $1-e^{-1.5}$, then the varianceof the distribution is
- $4$
- $3$
- $1.5$
- $0$
In a town $10$ accidents take place in a span of $50$ days. Assuming that number of accidents follows Poisson distribution, the probability that there will be atleast one accident on a selected day at random is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-0.02}.2^{1}}{1!}$
- $1-e^{-0.2}$
- $e^{-0.2}$
- $1-e^{1.2}$
A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows Poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that both the cars is used is
- $1.12 \times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-2.5 \times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-3.625 \times e^{-1.5}$
- $3.625 \times e^{-1.5}$
If $X$ is a Poisson variate with parameter $\displaystyle \frac{3}{2}$, find $P(X\geq 2)$
- $\displaystyle \frac{5}{2}e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
- $\displaystyle 1-\frac{5}{2}e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
- $\displaystyle 1-e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
- $\displaystyle e^{\frac{-3}{2}}$
If $X$ is a random Poisson variate such that $P(X=0)=\displaystyle\frac{1}{e}$, then the variance of the same distribution is
- $1$
- $2$
- $3$
- $4$
If on an average ,5 percent of the output in a factory making certain parts, is defective and that 200 units are in a package then the probability that atmost 4 defective parts may be found in that package is
- $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1+\frac{100}{1!}+\frac{100^{2}}{2!}+\frac{100^{3}}{3!}+\frac{100^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
- $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1+\frac{10}{1!}+\frac{10^{2}}{2!}+\frac{10^{3}}{3!}+\frac{10^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
- $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1-\frac{10}{1!}+\frac{10^{2}}{2!}+\frac{10^{3}}{3!}+\frac{10^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
- $\displaystyle e^{-10}\left [ 1-\frac{100}{1!}+\frac{100^{2}}{2!}+\frac{100^{3}}{3!}+\frac{100^{4}}{4!} \right ]$
Suppose $300$ misprints are distributed randomly throughout a book of $500$ pages. The probability that a given page contains, at least one misprint is
- $1.e^{-0.6}$
- $1-e^{-0.6}$
- $(0.6)e^{-0.6}$
- $(0.06)e^{-0.6}$
A manufactured product on an average has 2 defects per unit of product produced. If the number of defects follows Poisson distribution, the probability of finding at least one defect is
- $e^{-2}$
- $1-e^{-2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{1}}{1!}$
- $e^{-0.02}$
A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that only one car is used is
- $e^{-1.5}$
- $1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-2.5\times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
If $3$% of electric bulbs manufactured by a company are defective, the probability that a sample of $100$ bulbs has no defective bulbs is
- 0
- $e^{-3}$
- $1-e^{-3}$
- $3e^{-3}$
On an average, a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a poisson variate, the probability of sighting atleast one ship in the next $15$ minutes is
- $e^{-15}$
- $1-e^{-6}$
- $1-e^{-15}$
- $e^{-6}$
If the number of telephone calls coming into a telephone exchange between 10 AM and 11 AM follows P.D. with parameter 2, then the probability of obtaining zero calls in that time interval is
- $e^{-2}$
- $1-e^{-2}$
- $2.e^{-2}$
- $3.e^{-2}$
A manufactured product on an average has $2$ defects per unit of product produced. If the number of defects follows P.D., the probability of finding zero defects is
- $e^{-2}$
- $1-e^{-2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{1}}{\angle 1}$
- $e^{-002}$
If the number of telephone calls coming into a telephone exchange between 10 AM and 11 AM follows Poisson distribution with parameter 2 then the probability of obtaining at least one call in that time interval is
- $e^{-2}$
- $(1-e^{-2})$
- $2e^{-2}$
- $3e^{-2}$
Cycle tyres are supplied in lots of $10$ and there is a chance of $1$ in $500$ to be defective. Using poisson distribution, the approximate number of lots containing no defectives in a consignment of $10,000$ lots if $e^{-0.02}=0.9802$ is
- $9980$
- $9998$
- $9802$
- $9982$
The chance of a traffic accident in a day attributed to a taxi driver is $0.001$. Out of a total of $1000$ days the number of days with no accident is
- $1000\times e^{-1}$
- $1000\times e^{-0.1}$
- $1000\times e^{-0.001}$
- $1000\times e^{-0.0001}$
A manufacturer of cotter pins knows that $5$% of his product is defective. If he sells cotter pins in boxes of $100$ and guarantees that not more than $10$ pins will be defective, the approximate probability that a box will fail to meet the guaranteed quality is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{10}}{ 10!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{10}\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{\infty }\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
- $\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{\infty }\frac{e^{-5}5^{x}}{ x!}$
The number of accidents in a year attributed to a taxi driver in a city follows Poisson distribution with mean $3$. Out of $1000$ taxi drivers, the approximate number of drivers with no accident in a year given that $e^{-3}=0.0498$ is
- $4.98$
- $49.8$
- $498$
- $4.8$
A manufacturing concern employing a large number of workers finds that, over a period of time, the average absentee rate is $2$ workers per shift. The probability that exactly $2$ workers will be absent in a chosen shift at random is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{3!}$
- $e^{-2}$
- $e^{-3}$
A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$% of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using poisson distribution,the number of boxes with at least one defective bottle is
- $100(1-e^{-0.1})$
- $100(1-e^{-0.5})$
- $100(1-e^{-0.05})$
- $100(1-e^{-0.01})$
Suppose $2$% of the people on an average are left handed. The probability of 3 or more left handed among 100 people is
- $3e^{-2}$
- $4e^{-2}$
- $1-5e^{-2}$
- $5 e^{-2}$
Suppose there is an average of $2$ suicides per year per $50,000$ population. In a city of population $1,00,000$, the probability that in a given year there are, zero suicides is
- $1.e^{-2}$
- $1-e^{-2}$
- $e^{-4}$
- $1-e^{-4}$
Suppose on an average $5$ out of $2000$ houses get damaged due to fire accident during summer. Out of $10,000$ houses in a locality, the probability that exactly $10$ houses will get damaged during summer is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{10}}{ 10!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-10}10^{10}}{ 10!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-25}25^{10}}{10!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-15}15^{10}}{10!}$
A manufacturer who produces medicine bottles finds that $0.1$$%$ of the bottles are defective. The bottles are packed in boxes containing $500$ bottles. A drug manufacturer buys $100$ boxes from the producer of bottles. Using Poisson distribution, the number of boxes with no defective bottle is
- $100\times e^{-0.1}$
- $100\times e^{-0.5}$
- $100\times e^{-0.05}$
- $100\times e^{-0.01}$
A company knows on the basis of past experience that $2$% of its blades are defective. The probability of having $3$ defective blades in a sample of $100$ blades if $e^{-2}=0.1353$ is
- $0.1353$
- $0.1804$
- $0.2706$
- $0.3606$
On the average a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a poisson variate, the probability of sighting $4$ ships in the next two hours is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-12}12^{4}}{ 4!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-4}12^{12}}{ 3!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-6}12^{4}}{ 4!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-3}12^{2}}{ 4!}$
Patients arrive randomly and independently at a Doctor's room from 8 AM at an average rate of one in 5 minutes. The waiting room can accommodate 12 persons. The probability that the room will be full when the doctor arrives at 9AM is
- $\displaystyle \frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{12}}{ 12!}$
- $\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{11}\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{11}\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \sum _{{x}=0}^{\infty }\frac{{e}^{-12}(12)^{{x}}}{ x!}$
On an average, a submarine on patrol sights $6$ enemy ships per hour. Assuming the number of ships sighted in a given length of time is a Poisson variate, the probability of sighting at least two ships in the next $20$ minutes is
- $1-e^{-2}$
- $1-2e^{-2}$
- $1-3e^{-2}$
- $1-4e^{-2}$
For a poisson distribution with parameter $\lambda = 0.25$, the value of the $2^{nd}$ moment about the origin is
- $0.25$
- $0.3125$
- $0.0625$
- $0.025$
If $X$ is a Poisson's variate such that $P(X=1)=3P(X=2)$, then find the variance of $X$.
- $\cfrac 38$
- $\cfrac 13$
- $\cfrac 23$
- $\cfrac 54$
If X is a random poisson variate such that $E(X^2)=6$, then $E(x)=$?
- $3$
- $2$
- $-3$ & $2$
- $-2$
If $3 percent $ bulb manufactured by a company are defective; the probability that in a sample of $100$ bulbs exactly five defective is
- $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -0.003 } }\left( 0.03 \right) ^{ 5 } }{ 5! }$
- $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -0.3 } }0.03^{ 5 } }{ 5!}$
- $\dfrac { { { e }^{ -3 } }3^{ 5 } }{5! }$
- $\dfrac { { e }^{ -0.3 }{ 3 }^{ -5 } }{5! }$
If, in a Poisson distribution $P(X= 0)=k$ then the variance is:
- $e^{\lambda}$
- $\log \dfrac{1}{k}$
- $\dfrac{1}{k}$
- $\log k$
The incidence of an occupational disease to the workers of a factory is found to be $\displaystyle \frac{1}{5000}$ . If there are $10,000$ workers in a factory then the probability that none of them will get the disease is
- $e^{-1}$
- $e^{-2}$
- $e^{3}$
- $e^{4}$
The probability that atmost $5$ defective fuses will be found in a box of $200$ fuses, if experience shows that $20 %$ of such fuses are defective, is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-40}40^{5}}{ 5!}$
- $\displaystyle \sum _{x=0}^{5}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
- $\displaystyle \sum _{x=6}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \sum _{x=6}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-40}40^{x}}{ x!}$
There are $500$ boxes each containing $1000$ ballot papers for election. The chance that a ballot paper is defective is $0.002$. Assuming that the number of defective ballot papers follow Poisson distribution, the number of boxes containing at least one defective ballot paper given that $e^{-2}=0.1353$ is
- $216$
- $432$
- $648$
- $234$
Six unbiased coins are tossed $6400$ times. Using Poisson distribution, the approximate probability of getting six heads $2$ times is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-64}(64)^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $1-\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{x}}{ x!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-100}(100)^{x}}{x!}$
A company knows on the basis of past experience that $2$% of the blades are defective. The probability of having 3 defective blades in a sample of $100$ blades is
- $e^{-2}2^{2}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{3!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-2}2^{3}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-4}2^{-1}}{ 2!}$
A car hire firm has $2$ cars which it hires out day by day. If the number of demands for a car on each day follows poisson distribution with parameter $1.5$, then the probability that neither car is used is
- $e^{-1.5}$
- $1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-2.5\times e^{-1.5}$
- $1-1.5\times e^{-1.5}$
In a big city, $5$ accidents take place over a period of $100$ days. If the numebr of accidents follows P.D., the probability that there will be $2$ accidents in a day is
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-5}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-05}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{-005}(0.05)^{2}}{ 2!}$
- $\displaystyle \frac{e^{5}5^{2}}{ 2!}$
If ${ \mu } _{ 2 }=20,{ \mu } _{ 2 }^{ 1 }=276$ for a discrete random variable $X$, then the mean of the random variable $X$ is
- $16$
- $5$
- $2$
- $1$