SOLUTION: in 1959, a world record was set for the longest run on an ungaffed (fair) roulette wheel at the el san juan hotel in puerto rico. the number 10 appeared six times in a row. what is

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Question 1113205: in 1959, a world record was set for the longest run on an ungaffed (fair) roulette wheel at the el san juan hotel in puerto rico. the number 10 appeared six times in a row. what is the probability of the occurrence of this event? (assume that there are 38 equally likely outcomes consisting of the numbers 1-36, 0, and 00))
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The probability of successes in trials with a probability of success on any single trial is is given by:

You want to calculate

Note that for all positive integers and for all real numbers . Hence your calculation reduces to:

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