GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION: A representative from the National Football League's Marketing Division randomly selects people on a random street in Kansas City, Kansas until he finds a person who attended the last home football game. Let p. the probability that he succeeds in finding such a person, equal 0.20. And X, let denote the number of people he selects until he finds his first success. What is the probability that the marketing representative must select 4 people before he finds one who attended the last home football game?

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GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION: A representative from the National Football
League's Marketing Division randomly selects people on a random street
in Kansas City, Kansas until he finds a person who attended the last home
football game. Let p. the probability that he succeeds in finding such a
person, equal 0.20. And X. let denote the number of people he selects
until he finds his first success. What is the probability that the marketing
representative must select 4 people before he finds one who attended
the last home football game?
Transcribed Image Text:GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION: A representative from the National Football League's Marketing Division randomly selects people on a random street in Kansas City, Kansas until he finds a person who attended the last home football game. Let p. the probability that he succeeds in finding such a person, equal 0.20. And X. let denote the number of people he selects until he finds his first success. What is the probability that the marketing representative must select 4 people before he finds one who attended the last home football game?
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