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You conduct the following experiment: you toss a fair coin until either two heads appear, or you have reached a maximum of 3 tosses. (I.e., if the first two tosses are heads, heads, you would stop tossing the coin. If your first two tosses are tails, tails, you would toss the coin one more time. You never toss more than 3 times.) (a) List all the possible outcomes of this experiment. (b) Define the random variable X as the number of heads that appear in an outcome. What are the possible values of X? (c) Find the PDF of X (d) Find the CDF of X

Name: you conduct the following experiment you toss a fair coin until either two heads appear or you have reached a maximum of 3 tosses ie if the first two tosses are heads heads you would stop tossing the
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Description: you conduct the following experiment you toss a fair coin until either two heads appear or you have reached a maximum of 3 tosses ie if the first two tosses are heads heads you would stop tossing the

          You conduct the following experiment: you toss a fair coin until
either two heads appear, or
you have reached a maximum of 3 tosses. (I.e., if the first two
tosses are heads, heads, you would stop
tossing the coin. If your first two tosses are tails, tails, you
would toss the coin one more time. You never
toss more than 3 times.)
(a) List all the possible outcomes of this experiment.
(b) Define the random variable X as the number of heads that
appear in an outcome. What are the
possible values of X?
(c) Find the PDF of X
(d) Find the CDF of X

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You conduct the following experiment: you toss a fair coin until either two heads appear, or you have reached a maximum of 3 tosses. (I.e., if the first two tosses are heads, heads, you would stop tossing the coin. If your first two tosses are tails, tails, you would toss the coin one more time. You never toss more than 3 times.) (a) List all the possible outcomes of this experiment. (b) Define the random variable X as the number of heads that appear in an outcome. What are the possible values of X? (c) Find the PDF of X (d) Find the CDF of X