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= Solution

When $\mu=\mathbb E X>0$, the event $X=0$ implies $|X-\mu|\geq\mu$. The <Chebyshev inequality> therefore gives
$$
\boxed{\mathbb P(X=0)\leq
\frac{\operatorname{Var}(X)}{(\mathbb E X)^2}}.
$$
This is the <second moment method> for proving that a nonnegative count is positive.

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