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Identify the following distribution as binomial, geometric or neither.
A headache remedy is said to be 80% effective in curing headaches caused by simple nervous tension. An investigator tests this remedy on 100 randomly selected patients suffering from nervous tension and counts how many have had headache relief after taking the drug.
a) Binomial
b) Geometric
c) Neither
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