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Originally Posted by DanT
I should also note that the wording for that problem could be crucial. I've never seen a problem worded quite that way, so because of that, I'd caution you to make sure that you understand what the problem is asking for. The approach you described in your most recent post is off-track for the problem you described in the topic thread header, but it would not be too far afield for attacking another sort of problem in elementary probability courses, one that concerns what are called negative binomial distributions, so make sure you know what the problem really is!  |
That's exactly what I was thinking.