A doctor is seeking an anti-depressant for a newly diagnosed patient. Suppose that, of the available anti-depressant drugs, the probability that any particular drug will be effective for a particular patient is p = 0.1. What is the probability that the patient will need toa. take 5 different drugs until the effective one is found. b. take 10 different drugs until the effective one is found. c. Find the mean c. Find the standard deviation.

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A doctor is seeking an anti-depressant for a newly diagnosed patient. Suppose that, of the available anti-depressant drugs, the probability that any particular drug will be effective for a particular patient is p = 0.1. What is the probability that the patient will need to

a. take 5 different drugs until the effective one is found. 
b. take 10 different drugs until the effective one is found. 
c. Find the mean 
c. Find the standard deviation. 

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