Which probability distribution describes the waiting time between two consecutive successes?

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RANDOM VARIABLE AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

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9 Aug 2021
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The time elapsed between two successive successes is modeled by the exponential distribution, which characterizes the waiting time in a Poisson process. The Poisson distribution counts the number of events in a fixed interval, while the exponential distribution describes the time between those events.

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