Elementary Statistics: A Step-by-Step Approach with Formula Card 9th Edition

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Chapter 5 - Discrete Probability Distributions - 5-4 Other Types of Distributions - Exercises 5-4 - Page 299: 24

Answer

(a) $0.17$ (b) $0.116$ (c) $0.067$

Work Step by Step

Use geometric formula with $p=1/6, q=5/6$ (a) win on his first purchase $P(1)=pq^0=1/6=0.17$ (b) win on his third purchase $P(3)=pq^2=0.116$ (c) not win on any of his first five purchases $P(6)=pq^5=0.067$
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