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MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

6th Edition

ISBN:9781119256830

Author:Amos Gilat

Publisher:Amos Gilat

Chapter1: Starting With Matlab

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How do you know it satisfies the geometric condition if it is an independent trial? Why is 2a, 2b, and 2d independent? Why is it 2c not independent and therefore not geometric? Thanks.

Transcribed Image Text:2) Identify which of the following scenarios represents a geometric distribution. Explain. a. A popular brand of cereal puts a card with 1 of 5 famous NASCAR drivers in each box. There is a chance that any particular driver's card ends up in any box of cereal. Buy boxes of cereal until you have all 5 drivers' cards. b. In a game of 4-spot Keno, Lola picks 4 numbers from 1 to 80. The casino randomly selects 20 winning numbers from 1 to 80. Lola wins money if she picks 2 or more of the winning numbers. The probability that this happens is 0.259. Lola decides to keep playing games of 4-spot Keno until she wins some money. c. Shuffle a standard deck of playing cards Then turn over one card at a time from the top of the deck until you get an ace. d. Lawrence likes to shoot a bow and arrow in his free time. On any shot, he has about a 10% chance of hitting the bull's-eye. As a challenge one day, Lawrence decides to keep shooting until he gets a bull's-eye.

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