The magnitude of the directional derivative of the function $$f\left( {x,y} \right) = {x^2} + 3{y^2}$$ in a direction normal to the circle $$\,{x^2} + {y^2} = 2,$$ at the point $$(1,1),$$ is

The probability that a thermistor randomly picked up from a production unit is defective is $$0.1.$$ The probability that out of $$10$$ thermistors randomly picked up, $$3$$ are defective is

The probability density function of a random variable $$X$$ is $$\,{P_x}\left( x \right) = {e^{ - x}}\,\,$$ for $$\,\,x \ge 0\,\,$$ and $$0$$ otherwise. The expected value of the function $$\,{g_x}\left( x \right) = {e^{3x/4}}$$ is___________.

A coin is tossed thrice. Let $$X$$ be the event that head occurs in each of the first two tosses. Let $$Y$$ be the event that a tail occurs on the third toss. Let $$Z$$ be the event that two tails occur in three tosses. Based on the above information, which one of the following statements is TRUE?