Suppose that you are looking for a student at your college who lives within five miles of you. You know that 40% of the 248 students do live within five miles of you. You randomly contact students from the college until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. Find the probability it will take. A. 5 of them until one says he or shhe lives within five miles of you =  B. 8 of them until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. = C. 15 of them until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. =

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Suppose that you are looking for a student at your college who lives within five miles of you. You know that 40% of the 248 students do live within five miles of you. You randomly contact students from the college until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. Find the probability it will take.

A. 5 of them until one says he or shhe lives within five miles of you = 

B. 8 of them until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. =

C. 15 of them until one says he or she lives within five miles of you. =

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Given data,

n=248

p=40%=0.40

q=1-p=0.60

 

The probability mass function of geometric distribution to get 1st success at xth trial is given below:

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