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Grinstead-Snell-Probability
· Problem 5.1.7
Distributions and Densities
Mathematics · geometric-distribution
Problem
A die is rolled until the first time
T
T
T
that a six turns up. (a) What is the probability distribution for
T
T
T
? (b) Find
P
(
T
>
3
)
P(T > 3)
P
(
T
>
3
)
. (c) Find
P
(
T
>
6
∣
T
>
3
)
P(T > 6 | T > 3)
P
(
T
>
6∣
T
>
3
)
.
Related theory
The Geometric Distribution
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