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Expected Failures Before Success
Independent Bernoulli trials succeed with probability 1/4. What is the expected number of failures before the first success?
Quant interview-style problem · QS-XNE023
Question 45 of 48
Independent Bernoulli trials succeed with probability 1/4. What is the expected number of failures before the first success?
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