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PMF
Random Variable

Flip a coin.

Let X be the number

of heads.
Select the telephone
number of a student.
Let X = 0 if the number
is even, Otherwise, let
X=1
One bit transmitted.

Let X be the value of

the bit (0 or 1).
X ~ Bernoulli (p)
SX = {0, 1}
 X ~ Bernoulli(0.2)

PX(.)
 Example 3.7
Test one circuit and observe X, the number of
rejects. With probability p, the circuit is rejected.
Whats the PMF of X?

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Test one circuit and observe Y, the number of

accepts. With probability p, the circuit is rejected.
Whats the PMF of X?
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3.5

Why is referred
to as geometric?
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rejects in (l-1) test

1 2 3 4 5 .. ... ... l-1 l

(k-1)
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Bernoulli (p)
Geometric (p)
Binomial (n,p)
Pascal (k,p)
 {X=k}, {X=k+1),,{X=l} all have the same probability.

3.8
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Quiz - (, )

Pat is required to sell candy bars to raise money for
the 6th grade field trip. There are thirty houses in the
neighborhood, and Pat is not supposed to return
home until five candy bars have been sold. So the
child goes door to door, selling candy bars. At each
house, there is a 0.4 probability of selling one candy
bar and a 0.6 probability of selling nothing.
What's the probability mass function for selling the
last candy bar at the n-th house?

1 2 3 4 5 .. ... ... n-1 n