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Which of the following statements is necessarily true given that a random variable X satisfies P(X in 0,1) = 1?

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  1. Understand the given condition.

    The statement P(X∈{0,1})=1P(X \in \{0,1\}) = 1 means that the random variable XX can only take on the values 0 or 1. The probability of XX taking any other value is 0.

  2. Evaluate option A.

    Let P(X=1)=pP(X=1) = p. Since XX can only take values 0 or 1, it must be that P(X=0)=1−pP(X=0) = 1-p.
    The expected value of XX is E[X]=0⋅P(X=0)+1⋅P(X=1)=0⋅(1−p)+1⋅p=pE[X] = 0 \cdot P(X=0) + 1 \cdot P(X=1) = 0 \cdot (1-p) + 1 \cdot p = p.
    Since pp is a probability, 0≤p≤10 \le p \le 1.
    If p=0p=0, then E[X]=0E[X]=0. If p=1p=1, then E[X]=1E[X]=1.
    The interval (0,1)(0,1) excludes 0 and 1. Therefore, E[X]E[X] is not necessarily in (0,1)(0,1) because it could be 0 or 1.
    So, statement A is not necessarily true.

  3. Evaluate option B.

    A random variable XX is defined as a Bernoulli random variable if it takes exactly two values, typically 0 and 1, with probabilities P(X=1)=pP(X=1)=p and P(X=0)=1−pP(X=0)=1-p for some p∈[0,1]p \in [0,1].
    The given condition P(X∈{0,1})=1P(X \in \{0,1\}) = 1 means that XX can only take values 0 or 1. This is precisely the definition of a Bernoulli random variable.
    So, statement B is necessarily true.

  4. Evaluate option D.

    For a Bernoulli random variable, the variance is given by Var(X)=p(1−p)Var(X) = p(1-p).
    To find the maximum value of p(1−p)p(1-p) for p∈[0,1]p \in [0,1], we can consider the function $f

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