Inhisautobiography A SortofLife, BritishauthorGrahamGreenedescribedaperiodofsevere mentaldepressionduringwhichheplayedRussianrouletteputtingabulletinoneofthesix chambersofapistol,spinningthechamberstoselectoneatrandom,andthenfiringthepistol once athishead. (a) Greenestatesthathedidthissixtimesandwasluckythatnoneofthemresultedina bullet firing.Findtheprobabilityofthisoutcome. (b) Supposehehadkeptplayingthisgameuntilthebulletfired.Let Y denote thenumberof
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Inhisautobiography A SortofLife, BritishauthorGrahamGreenedescribedaperiodofsevere mentaldepressionduringwhichheplayedRussianroulette—puttingabulletinoneofthesix chambersofapistol,spinningthechamberstoselectoneatrandom,andthenfiringthepistol once athishead.
(a) Greenestatesthathedidthissixtimesandwasluckythatnoneofthemresultedina bullet firing.Findtheprobabilityofthisoutcome.
(b) Supposehehadkeptplayingthisgameuntilthebulletfired.Let Y denote thenumberof the gameonwhichitfires.Findthe pmf for Y . Ofwhichfamilyofprobabilitydistributions is thisamember?
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