Probability and complex function: Unit I: Probability and random variables

Exercise 1.9 (Geometric Distribution)

Problems with Answer | Random variables

Probability and complex function: Unit I: Probability and random variables : Exercise 1.9

EXERCISE 1.9

1. If X and Y are 2 independent random variables each representing the number of failures preceeding the first success in a sequence of Bernoulli's trials with p as the probability of success in a single trial, show that P[X = Y] = p/1 + q where p + q=1

2. Let one copy of a magazine out of 10 copies bears a special prize following geometric random distribution. Determine its mean and variance.


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