A recent report indicated that twenty percent of the

Last updated: 7/19/2022

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