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A box contains 15 green and 10 yellow balls. If 10 balls are randomly drawn, one-by-one, with replacement, then the variance of the number of green balls drawn is

A

`6/25`

B

`12/5`

C

6

D

4

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B
`P=15/25,q=10/25,n=10`
`sigma^(2)=npq=10.""3/5.2/5=12/5`
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