Given X+Y=s, each x=0,…,s has the same probability proportional to p²(1−p)^s, so X is conditionally uniform and has mean s/2. Thus **A**. Also P(X=Y)=p²Σ(1−p)^(2k)=p/(2−p), refuting B,C.
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