GEOMETRIC
RANDOM VARIABLE
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- Let X = the number of independent Bernoulli trials until the first success.
- In general,
select a geometric pmf to view
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- The geometric Random Variable is related to the Exponential Random Variable. This relationship is also used to show how Poisson and Exponential Random variables are related.
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Exercise: Show that
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