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Course: AP??/College Statistics?>?Unit 8
Lesson 7: The geometric distribution- Geometric random variables introduction
- Binomial vs. geometric random variables
- Geometric distribution mean and standard deviation
- Geometric distributions
- Probability for a geometric random variable
- Geometric probability
- Cumulative geometric probability (greater than a value)
- Cumulative geometric probability (less than a value)
- TI-84 geometpdf and geometcdf functions
- Cumulative geometric probability
- Proof of expected value of geometric random variable
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Binomial vs. geometric random variables
Problem
A restaurant offers a game piece with each meal to win coupons for free food. The probability of a game piece winning is out of and is independent of other game pieces winning. A family orders meals. Let be the number of coupons the family wins.
What type of variable is ?