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Binomial and Geometric Random Variables
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12/9/12 Chapter 8 Binomial and Geometric Distribu7ons 8.2 Geometric Distributions Waiting for Sammy Sosa geometric distribution Children s cereals sometimes contain prizes. Imagine that packages of
week on which Ms. Raskin’s best friend was born. If the student guesses correctly, the class will have only one homework problem. If the student guesses the wrong day of the week, Ms. Raskin will once again select a student from the class at random. The chosen student will try to guess the day of the week on which a different one of Ms. Raskin’s many friends was born. If this student gets it right, the class will have two homework problems. The game continues until a student correctly guesses the day on which one of Ms. Raskin’s many friends was born.
homework problems that is equal to the total number of guesses made by members of the class. Are you ready to play the Birthday Game?
B: Success = correct guess, Failure = incorrect guess I: The result of one student’s guess has no effect on the result of any other guess. T: We’re counting the number of guesses up to and including the first correct guess. S: On each trial, the probability of a correct guess is 1/7.
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In the board game Monopoly, one way to get out of jail is to roll doubles. How likely is it that someone in jail would roll doubles on his first, second, or third attempt? If this was the only way to get out of jail, how many turns would it take, on average? The random variable of interest in this game is Y = the number of attempts it takes to roll doubles once. What is the probability of rolling doubles the first attempt? The second? Third? What is the probability of rolling doubles on the kth attempt?
B: Success = roll doubles, Failure = not rolling doubles I: The result of one roll has no effect on other rolls. T: We’re counting the number of rolls up to and including the first doubles roll. S: On each trial, the probability of a correct guess is 1/6.
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yi 1 2 3 4 5 6 … pi 0.143 0.122 0.105 0.090 0.077 0.066
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