A group of four components is known to contain two defectives. An inspector tests the components one at a time until the two defectives are located. Once she locates the two defectives, she stops testing. Let X denote the number of the test on which the second defective is found. (i) What is the pmf of X? Present your results in a table. (ii) Calculate E(X) and Var(X).
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