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If X is a geometric random variable, show that P ( X > n + k − 1|X...

If X is a geometric random variable, show that

P ( X > n + k − 1|X > n − 1) = P(X > k)

In light of the construction of a geometric distribution from a sequence of independent Bernoulli trials, how can this be interpreted so that it is “obvious”?

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