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Explanation of Solution
Calculation:
The geometric random variable Y has the probability distribution,
The moment generating function for binomial random variable Y is,
Theorem 3.12:
If
The expected value of Y is,
Hence, the
The expected value of
The variance of Y is,
Hence, the
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