Marshall spins a prize wheel with 4 segments of equal size, one of which is labeled “winner.” Let X = the number of spins until Marshall wins a prize.

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✔ yes; 1. Are the outcomes binary?: yes; Success/Failure:: win, do not win; 2. Are the trials independent?: yes; 3. Are we counting the number of trials to obtain the first success?: yes; 4. Is the probability of success the same for each trial?: yes, p = 0.25

Geometric Random Variables

Marshall spins a prize wheel with 4 segments of equal size, one of which is labeled “winner.” Let X = the number of spins until Marshall wins a prize.

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