2. Consider an unreliable communication channel that can successfully send a message with probability 1/2, or otherwise, the message is lost with probability 1/2. How many times do we need to transmit the message over this unreliable channel so that with probability 63/64 the message is received at least once? Explain your answer.
Hint: treat this as a Bernoulli process with a probability of success 1/2. The question is equivalent to: how many times do you have to try until you get at least one success?
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