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Course: AP??/College Statistics?>?Unit 8
Lesson 7: The geometric distribution- Geometric random variables introduction
- Binomial vs. geometric random variables
- Geometric distribution mean and standard deviation
- Geometric distributions
- Probability for a geometric random variable
- Geometric probability
- Cumulative geometric probability (greater than a value)
- Cumulative geometric probability (less than a value)
- TI-84 geometpdf and geometcdf functions
- Cumulative geometric probability
- Proof of expected value of geometric random variable
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Geometric distributions
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Problem
Jeremiah makes of the free throw shots he attempts in basketball. Jeremiah likes to shoot free throws until he misses one. Let be the number of shots it takes Jeremiah to miss his first free throw. Assume that the results of each shot are independent.
Find the mean and standard deviation of .
Round your answers to one decimal place.
Round your answers to one decimal place.