Complexity Explorer Santa Few Institute

Fractals and Scaling (2017)

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4.3 Other Distributions » Quiz 1: Exponential distribution

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Instructions

Suppose that, as in the previous video, I toss a ball of paper toward a recycling bin and that I repeat until I am successful and the paper lands in the bin.  The probability that a toss is successful is 1/3.  Let x denote the number of tosses needed to get the paper in the bin.