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GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS

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Observations Theoretically, this distribution couldcontinue forever, since one possibleoutcome is that the player never rollsdoubles. However, the probabilitiesdecrease considerably as the waiting timeincreases. Since the sum of P(X) must equal1, this distribution becomes an infinitegeometric series.

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