Suppose that X and Y are independent geometric random variables with the same parameter p. Without any
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Without any computations, what do you think is the value of
P{X = i|X + Y = n}?
Imagine that you continually flip a coin having probability p of coming up heads. If the second head occurs on the nth flip, what is the probability mass function of the time of the first head?
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