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Expand Your Knowledge: Geometric Distribution; Fishing At Fontaine Lake Camp on Lake Athabasca in northern Canada, history shows that about
(a) Write out a formula for the
(b) Find the probability that a guest catches a lake trout weighing at least 20 pounds for the first time on trip number 3.
(c) Find the probability that it lakes more than three trips for a guest to catch a lake trout weighing at least 20 pounds.
(d) What is the expected number of fishing trips that must be taken to catch the first lake trout over 20 pounds? Hint: Use µ for the geometric distribution and round.
Hint: See Problem 23.
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