DMP 8.5: The Geometric Distribution

Reading

Read Section 2.6.2, pages 117–120.

The important notions are:

• Geometric Random Variables
• Expectation of a Geometric Random Variable
• Variance of a Geometric Random Variable

Video

The following video exemplifies the geometric distribution using Exercise 104.

Exercises

If you would like some practice, try these representative exercises: 103, 100, and 101.