Thread: Binomal 'n' Geo

Given Binomal
and

Find


Thanks!

If you find the binomial distribution in question to be

x P(A=x)
0 125/216
1 75/216
2 15/216
3 1/216

and the geometric distribution in question to be
x P(B=x)
1 1/2
2 1/4
3 1/8
...

and we assume the two variables to be independent and random
then we can find the probability that A=B
by summing over x= 1,2 and 3

P(A=x) * P(B=x)

as B cannot = 0 and A cannot be > 3

ie

= 75/216 * 1/2 + 15/216 * 1/4 + 1/216 * 1/8 = 331/1728