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An article on polygraph testing of FBI agents indicated that the probability of a false-positive (a trustworthy person who nonetheless fails the test) is 0.25. Let x be the number of trustworthy FBI agents tested until someone fails the test. (Round your answers to four decimal places.)(a) Describe the probability distribution of x. normalgeometric binomial(b) What is the probability that the first false-positive will occur when the third person is tested?(c) What is the probability that fewer than four are tested before the first false-positive occurs?(d) What is the probability that more than three agents are tested before the first false-positive occurs?

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