Year: 2000
Paper: 1
Question Number: 12
Course: LFM Stats And Pure
Section: Geometric Distribution
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I have $k$ different keys on my key ring. When I
come home at night I try one key after another until I
find the key that fits my front door. What is the probability
that I find the correct key in exactly $n$ attempts in
each of the following three cases?
\begin{questionparts}
\item At each attempt,
I choose a key that I have not tried
before but otherwise each choice is equally likely.
\item At each attempt,
I choose a key from all my
keys and each of the $k$ choices is equally likely.
\item
At the first attempt,
I choose from all my
keys and each of the $k$ choices is equally likely. Thereafter,
I choose from the keys that I did not try the previous time
but otherwise each choice is equally likely.
\end{questionparts}