MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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Suppose that in a small village about 90% of the residents are of Hawaiian ancestry. Let n=1, 2, 3,… represent the number of people you must meet until you encounter the first person of Hawaiian ancestry in the village. Write the expression for the probability distribution of the random variable n.
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