Problem 104a

Given information

As per the given question,

• A consumer looking to buy a used red Miata car will call dealerships until she finds a dealership that carries the car.
• She estimates the probability that any independent dealership will have the car will be %.
• We are interested in the number of dealerships she must call.

To find:- Part (a). In words, define the random variable .

Step-by-step explanation

As per the given question,

being the given random variable in the above stated question, it can be defined as the number of dealers the consumer should call, until she finds the particular dealer with the used red Miata car.