Four fair dice are thrown independently 27 times. Then the expected number of times, at least two dice show up a three or a five, is _________.

If the co-ordinates of two points A and B
are $$\left( {\sqrt 7 ,0} \right)$$ and $$\left( { - \sqrt 7 ,0} \right)$$ respectively and
P is any point on the conic, 9x² + 16y² = 144, then PA + PB is equal to :

Let $$f(x) = x.\left[ {{x \over 2}} \right]$$, for -10< x < 10, where [t] denotes the greatest integer function. Then the number of points of discontinuity of f is equal to _____.

Let $$\lambda \in $$ R . The system of linear equations
2x₁ - 4x₂ + $$\lambda $$x₃ = 1
x₁ - 6x₂ + x₃ = 2
$$\lambda $$x₁ - 10x₂ + 4x₃ = 3
is inconsistent for: