SOLUTION: One percent of bits transmitted through a digital transmission are received in error. Bits are transmitted until the first error. Let X denote the number of bits transmitted until

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Question 1080051: One percent of bits transmitted through a digital transmission are received in error. Bits are transmitted until the first error. Let X denote the number of bits transmitted until the first error. Find P(X=4)
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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.99*.99*.99*.99*.0.01
This is (1-p)^4*p
=0.0096