Given below is the distribution of a random variable $X$:
$X=x$$1$$2$$3$$4$
$P(X=x)$$\lambda$$2\lambda$$3\lambda$$4\lambda$

If $\alpha=P(X < 3)$ and $\beta=P(X>2)$,then $\alpha: \beta=$

  • A
    $2 : 5$
  • B
    $3 : 4$
  • C
    $4 : 5$
  • D
    $3 : 7$

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