A recent report indicated that twenty percent of the households in a certain communityspeak a...

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A recent report indicated that twenty percent of the households in a certain communityspeak a language other than English at home. A reporter will randomly select ahousehold from the community until the first household that speaks a language otherthan English at home is selected. Let random variable L represent the number ofattempts needed until the first household that speaks a language other than English athome is selected. The random variable L has a geometric distribution with p=0.22. Whatis the expected number of attempts needed until the first household that speaks alanguage other than English at home is selected?

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