Problem 1: You throw darts at a board until you hit the center area. Your probability of hitting the center area is p = 0.64. Let X be the number of throwing until you hit the center. 1) What distribution does X have and what are the parameters of the dis- tribution. 2) What is the probability that it takes 5 throws until you hit the center 3) What is the probability that it takes less than 5 throws until you hit the center. 4) What values does X take on average (i.e E[X])? 5) What is the variance and the standard deviation of this distribution
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