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Q57Section C (Section C)57 of 60

Probability that four geometric variables sum to six

Let X1,X2,X3X_1,X_2,X_3 and X4X_4 be i.i.d. discrete random variables with the probability mass function

P(X1=n)={3n−14n,n=1,2,…, 0,otherwise.P(X_1=n)=\begin{cases}\dfrac{3^{n-1}}{4^n}, & n=1,2,…,\ 0, & \text{otherwise.}\end{cases}

Then P(X1+X2+X3+X4=6)P(X_1+X_2+X_3+X_4=6) equals ____________ (round off to 2 decimal places)

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