Eighteen percent of apples grown in an orchard have defects. Let X = the number of apples that are randomly inspected from the orchard until a defective one is found.

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✔ yes; 1. Are the outcomes binary?: yes; Success/Failure:: defect, no defect; 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 = 0.18

Geometric Random Variables

Eighteen percent of apples grown in an orchard have defects. Let X = the number of apples that are randomly inspected from the orchard until a defective one is found.

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