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A miner is trapped in a mine containing 3 doors:1. The first door leads to a tunnel that will take him to safety after 3 hours of travel.2. The second door leads to a tunnel that will return him to the mine after 5 hours of travel.3. The third door leads to a tunnel that will return him to the mine after 7 hours.If we assume that the miner is at all times equally likely to choose any one of the doors (supposing themine shaft is so disorienting that he cannot tell which door he chose before), LetXdenote the lengthof time until the miner reaches safety.Compute the variance, Var(X).

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The miner should take door number 1

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