3. Suppose a box contains n chips. Chips are successively drawn from the box at random and then replaced into the box. The process continues until a chip that has previously been drawn is drawn from the box. Let X be the mumber of draws. Com- pute the PMF of X. Is there an approximation of X?

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3. Suppose a box contains n chips. Chips are successively drawn from the box at
random and then replaced into the box. The process continues until a chip that has
previously been drawn is drawn from the box. Let X be the number of draws. Com-
pute the PMF of X. Is there an approximation of X?
Transcribed Image Text:3. Suppose a box contains n chips. Chips are successively drawn from the box at random and then replaced into the box. The process continues until a chip that has previously been drawn is drawn from the box. Let X be the number of draws. Com- pute the PMF of X. Is there an approximation of X?
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