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We begin with a new problem: a blood bank continues to purchase blood from individuals until it collects 6 pints of type B negative needed for an upcoming operation. How many pints should they be prepared to buy?
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Nguyen, H.T., Rogers, G.S. (1989). The Negative Binomial Distribution. In: Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics. Springer Texts in Statistics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1013-9_21
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