4.4 Exercise 4

This is a geometric problem because you may have a number of failures before you have the one success you desire. Also, the probability of a success stays the same each time you ask a student if they live within five miles of you. There is no definite number of trials (number of times you ask a student).

a. Let X = the number of ____________ you must ask ____________ one says yes.

b. What values does X take on?

c. What are p and q?

d. The probability question is P(_______).