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Re: Hard Problem

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Date: 20 Mar 2005
Time: 00:18:56 -0700

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The mean of Geometric Distribution(a) is (1-a)/a, not 1/a. In this problem, the mean is (1-1/6)/(1/6) = 5. In words, you should count only the number of FAILURES before the success.

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