How long should we expect to flip a coin until it turns up heads? Or how many times should we expect to roll a die until we get a 1? These questions can be answered using the geometric distribution. W...How long should we expect to flip a coin until it turns up heads? Or how many times should we expect to roll a die until we get a 1? These questions can be answered using the geometric distribution. We first formalize each trial - such as a single coin flip or die toss - using the Bernoulli distribution, and then we combine these with our tools from probability to construct the geometric distribution.
