A random variable x obeys the geometric distribution with parameter p (0<p<1) if
| P{x=k} = p(1–p)k, k=0,1,2, … . |
If a random variable obeys the Bernoulli distribution with probability of success p, then x might be the number of trials before the first “success” occurs.
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