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A machine that produces a special type of transistor (acomponent of computers) has a 10% defect rate. The production isconsidered a random process where each transistor is independent ofthe others. What is the probability that the 5th transistorproduced is the first with a defect? Which distribution would youuse here and why?

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Geometric distributionHere the variable is X where X is the number of independentBernoulli trials needed to get the first success each trial withsuccess probability pThen the probability that the xth trial is the first    See Answer
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