Negative Binomial
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Where is the successes out of x-1 trials, and is the th trial of th success.
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230202Binomial TheoremWarning
r≥2
X−# of trials until the rth success
x∈Z+
x∈{r, r+1, r+2,⋯}
P(X=x)=(r−1x−1)pr−1(1−p)x−rpWhere (r−1x−1)pr−1(1−p)x−r is the r−1 successes out of x-1 trials, and p is the xth trial of rth success.