Find the expected number of tails coming out before first head. Given that the coin is biased where the probability of getting a tail is 0.95.
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Let be X the random variable that gives us the number of tails after a first head. Given that P ( tail ) = 2 0 1 9 and P ( head ) = 2 0 1 , P ( X ) is
P ( X = n ) = ( 2 0 1 ) ( 2 0 1 9 n ) .
The expected value of X is
E [ X = n ] = n = 1 ∑ + ∞ n ( 2 0 1 ) ( 2 0 1 9 n ) = 1 9