Consider a random variable with a geometric distribution (Section 3.5); that is,
p(y) = qy−1p, y = 1, 2, 3,…, 0 < p < 1.
a Show that Y has distribution
b Show that the preceding cumulative distribution function has the properties given in Theorem 4.1.
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